Show HN: Agent Network Protocol (ANP),Similar to an A2A (github.com)

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Agent Network Protocol (ANP) is an open-source effort to define a standard communication stack for autonomous agents—positioning itself as “the HTTP of the Agentic Web.” The project targets three core problems: broken data silos (interconnection), clumsy human-centric interfaces (AI-native interactions), and inefficient collaboration among agents. ANP proposes an AI-native network where every node is a describable, discoverable, and callable agent, enabling agents to both consume and provide services in a decentralized, emergent ecosystem. The team emphasizes no token issuance and invites community contributors. Technically, ANP is a three-layer protocol: (1) an Identity & Secure Communication layer built on W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) with end-to-end encryption for cross-platform, decentralized authentication; (2) a Meta-Protocol layer for negotiating communication protocols so agents can self-organize and choose compatible interaction patterns; and (3) an Application Protocol layer grounded in Semantic Web specs for agent capability description, discovery, and domain-specific application protocols. An open-source implementation (AgentConnect) is available on GitHub; identity and meta-protocol work are substantially complete while application-layer features (discovery, agent descriptions, domain protocols) are in active development. Licensed MIT (copyright retained by the author), ANP aims to provide foundational infrastructure for scalable, interoperable agent ecosystems and invites developers and organizations to contribute.
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