The protocol-layer position for formally governing agent behavior.
A precise specification-layer coordinate for the rules, message formats, and interfaces that formally define how agents are controlled.
Matched pair · sold together
Held and transacted as one position. A matched .ai + .com pair forecloses its own most common confusable — one coordinate, not two names.
Coordinated sets this position belongs to — the coverage it extends. Counts are the live cluster size in the graph.
Primary home
Also appears in
Architectural context
Agent · Cross-Vertical · 3 compound moats. Architectural surface: Agent, Control, Protocol.
Layer position: Cross-cutting
Why this is canonical
A 'control protocol' is the technical specification that defines how a control layer communicates with the entities it manages — it is the formalization of control into interoperable rules. Applied to agents, 'agent control protocol' names the exact layer that anyone building a multi-vendor, interoperable agent control infrastructure needs to define. On .ai, this occupies the protocol sub-layer of the agent control stack at the moment such specifications are being written.
Where it fits
A few directions this coordinate opens —
Illustrative, not exhaustive — held as a transferable canonical position, open to the buyer's own use.