Boundary Handshake Agent: A Manifesto for Declaration-First Agent Interoperability
Abstract
Boundary Handshake Agent is a conceptual framework introducing a declaration-first governance layer for agent interaction. It proposes that before two agents coordinate, they should establish — through structured declaration — the identity, limits, autonomy, and termination conditions governing that interaction. The output of this process is an Interaction Manifest: a structured declaration of the conditions under which two agents agree to interact.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
Access Control and Trust
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 7 March 2026
- Language
- ENC