{
  "dataset": "protocols",
  "record": {
    "id": "oasf",
    "name": "OASF",
    "full_name": "Open Agentic Schema Framework",
    "layer": "capability",
    "creator": "AGNTCY project (originated at Cisco / Outshift)",
    "status": "active (Linux Foundation AGNTCY)",
    "year": 2025,
    "one_liner": "A standardized schema for describing AI agents — their capabilities, metadata and relationships — so agents can be discovered and understood across platforms; the 'DNS for agents' within AGNTCY.",
    "spec_url": "https://docs.agntcy.org/oasf/open-agentic-schema-framework/",
    "snippet": "An OASF record describes an agent's capabilities via attribute-based taxonomies for cross-platform discovery.",
    "abbreviation": "OASF",
    "also_known_as": [
      "Open Agentic Schema Framework",
      "Open Agent Schema Framework"
    ],
    "canonical_spec_url": "https://docs.agntcy.org/oasf/open-agentic-schema-framework/",
    "entity_uri": "https://github.com/agntcy/oasf",
    "taxonomy_layer": "capability",
    "sub_layer": "agent-capability-schema",
    "protocol_type": "manifest",
    "central_problem": "Gives AI agents a standardized schema to describe their capabilities, attributes, and relationships so they can be discovered and understood across different platforms.",
    "maintainer": "AGNTCY project (Linux Foundation); originated at Cisco / Outshift",
    "governance_body": "Linux Foundation (AGNTCY)",
    "license": {
      "value": "Apache-2.0",
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://github.com/agntcy/oasf",
      "note": "Confirm the agntcy/oasf repo license at build."
    },
    "maturity_tag": "emerging",
    "current_spec_version": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://github.com/agntcy/oasf",
      "note": "Confirm current OASF schema version at build."
    },
    "spec_date": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://docs.agntcy.org/oasf/open-agentic-schema-framework/",
      "note": "Confirm latest spec date at build."
    },
    "launch_date": {
      "value": "2025",
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://docs.agntcy.org/oasf/open-agentic-schema-framework/",
      "note": "AGNTCY open-sourced by Cisco March 2025; confirm OASF first-release date at build."
    },
    "last_verified": "2026-06-15",
    "transport": "Schema/manifest (attribute-based taxonomies; agent capability records)",
    "core_mechanism": "OASF defines a standardized, attribute-based schema for agent capabilities, interactions, and metadata; agents publish OASF records so other agents and directories can discover and understand them across platforms. It functions as a 'DNS for agents' and underpins AGNTCY's Agent Discovery.",
    "discovery_endpoint": "OASF agent capability records (AGNTCY Agent Directory)",
    "settlement_type": null,
    "adoption_metric": {
      "value": "Part of AGNTCY, which reports 75+ supporting companies (formative members Cisco, Dell, Google Cloud, Oracle, Red Hat)",
      "source": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-welcomes-the-agntcy-project-to-standardize-open-multi-agent-system-infrastructure-and-break-down-ai-agent-silos",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-15"
    },
    "notable_adopters": [
      {
        "value": "Cisco / Outshift (originator)",
        "source": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-welcomes-the-agntcy-project-to-standardize-open-multi-agent-system-infrastructure-and-break-down-ai-agent-silos"
      }
    ],
    "relationships": [
      {
        "predicate": "part_of",
        "target": "agntcy",
        "note": "OASF -part_of-> AGNTCY: OASF is AGNTCY's agent-discovery schema component."
      },
      {
        "predicate": "competes_with",
        "target": "a2a",
        "note": "OASF agent capability descriptions overlap with A2A Agent Cards as ways to advertise what an agent can do."
      }
    ],
    "ideal_use_case": "Publishing a standardized, discoverable description of an agent's capabilities for cross-platform multi-agent systems.",
    "when_to_use": "When you are building on the AGNTCY 'Internet of Agents' stack and need a common capability schema for agent discovery.",
    "when_not_to_use": "When you have committed to A2A Agent Cards or only need a single agent to call tools (use MCP).",
    "code_example": "// OASF agent capability record (schematic)\n{ \"name\": \"researcher\", \"schema_version\": \"oasf\", \"capabilities\": [ { \"class\": \"nlp/summarization\" } ], \"locators\": [ { \"type\": \"docker-image\" } ] }",
    "source": "OASF as AGNTCY's standardized agent-capability schema ('DNS for agents'), Apache-2.0, Linux Foundation: https://docs.agntcy.org/oasf/open-agentic-schema-framework/ and https://github.com/agntcy/oasf . AGNTCY/LF context: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-welcomes-the-agntcy-project-to-standardize-open-multi-agent-system-infrastructure-and-break-down-ai-agent-silos . Listed for addition in research §2.",
    "agent_readiness_link": "agent-readiness/discoverability",
    "layer_legacy": "tool"
  }
}