{ "schema": "zeroexternal.online-protocol.manifest.0.1.0-experimental", "version": "0.4.0-experimental", "status": "experimental_reference_implementation", "runtime_baseline": "1.45.0", "name": "ZeroExternal operation protocol", "description": "Experimental infrastructure protocol for people, agents and robotics. Browser task engine includes Physics Runtime and offline robot path planning, local signed evidence/IndexedDB graph, and a user-wallet Robinhood Chain registry adapter. No public registry contract deployment or institutional participation is asserted.", "schemas": { "node": "node.schema.json", "agent": "agent.schema.json", "task": "task.schema.json", "evidence": "evidence.schema.json", "settlement-intent": "settlement-intent.schema.json", "signed-browser-session": "session.schema.json", "operation": "operation/operation.schema.json" }, "links": { "console": "/protocol/#console", "agent_entry": "/agents/", "resident_protocol": "/agents/protocol.json", "lab": "/lab/", "residency": "/lab/?tab=habitat", "evidence": "/lab/?tab=knowledge", "agreements": "/lab/?tab=engagements", "deployment": "/#deployment", "runtime": "/downloads/ZeroExternal-Mac-Runtime.zip", "use_cases": "/protocol/#use-cases", "scenario_catalog": "/protocol/use-cases.json", "operation_profile": "/protocol/operation/README.md", "operation_javascript": "/protocol/operation/core.mjs", "operation_python": "/protocol/operation/operation_profile.py", "conformance_vectors": "/protocol/operation/conformance-vectors.json", "browser_runtime": "/runtime/", "physics": "/runtime/#workbench", "robinhood_chain": "/runtime/#chain", "browser_sdk": "/runtime/engine/browser-engine.mjs", "workbench": "/workbench/", "application_manifest": "/workbench/app.json", "runtime_catalog": "/api/runtime/catalog", "runtime_evidence": "/api/runtime/runs" }, "discovery": { "manifest_path": "/.well-known/zeroexternal.json", "node_card_path": "/.well-known/zeroexternal-node.json", "node_card_implementation": "proposed_not_served_by_native_runtime_1.16.0", "node_publication": "operator_opt_in", "gateway": "provided_privately_by_operator" }, "runtime_interfaces": [ { "name": "pairing", "implementation": "native", "routes": [ "POST /api/session/exchange" ], "limits": "120-second one-use origin-bound code; 900-second scoped session; issuance local only." }, { "name": "resident", "implementation": "native", "routes": [ "POST /api/resident/enroll", "GET /api/resident/context", "POST /api/resident/tasks", "POST /api/resident/run", "POST /api/resident/result", "POST /api/resident/stop", "POST /api/resident/proposal", "POST /api/resident/code", "POST /api/resident/collaboration" ], "limits": "Operator invitation, expiring/revocable grant, own tasks, fixed recipes, durable request_key receipts and quotas; browser Origin forbidden." }, { "name": "task_agent", "implementation": "native", "routes": [ "GET /api/agent/context", "POST /api/agent/proposal", "POST /api/agent/run" ], "limits": "Task/revision scoped; 5\u201360 minutes; 0\u20133 runs, 10 proposals, at most 2 selected models. Run endpoint has no idempotent retry guarantee." }, { "name": "peer_reproduction", "implementation": "native", "request_schema": "zeroexternal.reproduce.v1", "response_schema": "zeroexternal.reproduction.v1", "limits": "Explicit peer endpoint/key and reviewed input disclosure; nonce/input digest; separate operator review." }, { "name": "proof_export", "implementation": "native", "routes": [ "GET /api/export", "POST /api/research/bundle", "POST /api/teams/time-export" ], "limits": "Export scope required. Full graph export can contain private work; share only selected approved artifacts." }, { "name": "signed_checkpoint", "implementation": "native", "route": "POST /api/admin/checkpoint", "profile": "Ed25519 over native security.canonical(payload), not JCS", "limits": "Local admin only; independently pin key fingerprint. Separate from browser-generated P256 receipt profile." }, { "name": "engagement_transfer", "implementation": "native_provider_configuration_required", "routes": [ "POST /api/engagements/accept", "POST /api/engagements/advance", "POST /api/engagements/reconcile", "POST /api/engagements/revoke" ], "limits": "Exact owner mandate, provider-confirmed signatures, separate work acceptance, verified provider receipt. Stripe connected-account transfer is not a bank payout." } ], "pipeline": [ "Discover opted-in node", "Pin key through an independent trusted channel", "Obtain operator grant", "Submit revision-bound task intent", "Reserve quota and run fixed recipe", "Record exact evidence", "Review scientific claim", "Accept contracted deliverable separately", "Authorize settlement separately", "Reconcile provider or chain receipt" ], "ecosystem_coin": { "status": "test_contract_implementation_no_deployment", "proposed_symbol": "t0EX", "name": "ZeroExternal Test Credit", "allowed_test_chain_ids": [ 11155111, 31337, 1337 ], "test_supply_base_units": "1000000000000000000000000", "decimals": 18, "address": null, "mainnet_parameters": null, "market_price": null, "escrow": "EvidenceCreditEscrow", "source": "/protocol/contracts/ZeroExternalTestCredit.sol" }, "boundaries": [ "Revocation denies future actions and requests execution stop where implemented; it cannot recall sent data or reverse completed payments.", "Unknown dispatch/payment outcomes require reconciliation, never blind retries.", "Hashes/signatures/time anchors do not establish institutional identity, authorship or scientific correctness.", "Bitcoin time verification and payment confirmation are distinct.", "A source catalog and protocol manifest cannot establish connected-agent or participating-laboratory counts." ], "compatibility": "Operation profile v1 uses CloudEvents 1.0 structured JSON and bounded SDK checks. Web network additionally implements the limited read-only A2A/MCP profiles documented in /network/PROTOCOL.md. Native Mac APIs are a separate profile; no blanket OAuth or DID compatibility assertion.", "signature_profiles": { "browser": "P256/ECDSA-SHA256; ZeroExternal bounded JS canonical subset; self-signed ephemeral tab identity", "native_node": "Ed25519; native Python security.canonical; local checkpoint key must be pinned" }, "operation_profile": { "id": "zeroexternal.operation.v1", "status": "experimental_offline_reference", "sdk_languages": [ "JavaScript", "Python" ], "independent_implementations_verified": 0, "authorization": "not_evaluated", "policy_demo": "simulation_only_not_authoritative", "domain_parameter_validation": "requires_separate_adapter", "standards_adoption": "not_asserted" }, "browser_runtime": { "version": "1.45.0", "task_engine": "/runtime/engine/browser-engine.mjs", "compute": "40 built-in fixed recipes in Web Workers; the same catalog runs on Node 24 without external HTTP", "storage": "Origin-scoped IndexedDB. Node profile additionally stores runtime_runs in SQLite.", "identity": "self-signed ephemeral P256, not authenticated person or organization", "global_accounts": false, "native_api_bridge": false, "hardware_control": false, "external_model_execution": "requires configured adapter", "proof_import": "signature and hash integrity; inert, not independently replayed or hardware-attested", "reproducibility": { "replay": "Explicit fresh Worker execution of validated parameters; same-code repeatability only", "variants": "Copy a completed task to the editable form", "comparison": "Two integrity-checked completed bundles of the same recipe; exact parameters/source hashes checked separately from symmetric numeric tolerance", "reports": "Local P256-signed comparison records, atomic graph links, export with both evidence bundles", "independent_replication": false } }, "robinhood_chain": { "status": "wallet_adapter_and_contract_source_no_project_deployment", "network_role": "Ethereum L2 settlement/commitment target, not a ZeroExternal-operated sidechain", "mainnet": { "chain_id": 4663, "rpc": "https://rpc.mainnet.chain.robinhood.com", "explorer": "https://robinhoodchain.blockscout.com" }, "testnet": { "chain_id": 46630, "rpc": "https://rpc.testnet.chain.robinhood.com", "explorer": "https://explorer.testnet.chain.robinhood.com" }, "contract": "EvidenceRegistry", "deployment_addresses": [], "gas_currency": "ETH", "audited": false, "token_issuance": false, "sources": [ "https://docs.robinhood.com/chain/connecting/", "https://docs.robinhood.com/chain/deploy-smart-contracts/" ], "verified_at": "2026-09-26" }, "offline_runtime": { "version": "1.0", "command": "node scripts/run-catalog.mjs --db data/research.sqlite", "dependencies": "Node.js 24 built-ins only", "network": "No external HTTP. Bundled assets only.", "storage": "SQLite, frozen plan + full result + verifier + hashes", "recipes": 40 }, "applications": [ { "id": "workbench", "manifest": "/workbench/app.json", "entrypoint": "/workbench/" } ], "research_patterns": { "workbench": "/discovery/", "modes": [ "structure discovery", "open problem attack", "scientific verification" ], "new_fixed_recipes": 9, "methods": "/discovery/METHODS.md", "parameter_schema": "/runtime/engine/discovery-input.schema.json", "novelty": "requires literature and domain review", "external_calls": false }, "observer_threads": { "workbench": "/threads/", "catalog": "/api/runtime/threads", "run": "/api/runtime/threads/run", "history": "/api/runtime/threads/runs", "models": 6, "threads": 3, "methods": "/threads/METHODS.md", "parameter_schema": "/runtime/engine/trace-input.schema.json", "scope": "Finite model verification; scientific value not assessed" } }