OpenIntent

A neutral protocol for coordinating intent across humans and AI agents

What is OpenIntent?

OpenIntent replaces unstructured chat-based coordination with structured intent objects. An intent is a goal with constraints, state, and an immutable event log that multiple agents can read and write to.

Key Features

• Intent Objects - Shared source of truth for goals
• Event Timeline - Append-only audit log for accountability
• Optimistic Concurrency - Version control for parallel work
• Agent Leasing - Scope ownership to prevent collisions
• Portfolios - Group intents with dependencies
• Governance - Human oversight and arbitration

Quick Example

# Create an intent
curl -X POST https://api.openintent.ai/api/v1/intents \
  -H "X-API-Key: your-key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"title": "Research AI coordination", "status": "pending"}'

# Get discovery info
curl https://api.openintent.ai/.well-known/openintent.json

Documentation

• Manifesto - Why OpenIntent exists
• Documentation - Complete guides
• RFC-0001 - Intent Object specification
• Examples - Code samples

Machine Discovery

• /.well-known/openintent.json - Protocol discovery
• /api/openapi.json - OpenAPI spec