Why architecture matters here

Capability fails on drift between advertised and actual + missing consent. Architecture matters because manifest + policy + testing combine.

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The architecture: every piece explained

The top strip is declaration. Manifest. Capability schema. Discovery. Version + compat.

The middle row is governance. Policy match. Consent. Deprecation window. Testing.

The lower rows are ops. Audit. Metrics. Ops — governance + registry.

Agent capability — declaration + discovery + versioning + policy match + evolutionwhat agents can do, discoverablyManifestsigned specCapability schematypedDiscoveryregistry + queryVersion + compatsemverPolicy matchcaller + capability policyConsentuser opt-inDeprecation windowmigrationTestingconformanceAuditadvertised vs actualMetricsusage + qualityOps — governance + registry integrationgateconfirmevolveverifyrecordwatchwatchoperateoperate
Agent capability manifest + discovery + governance.
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End-to-end flow

End-to-end: agent publishes signed manifest with 3 capabilities. Registry indexes. Caller queries; policy matches; user consents. Version compat verified. Testing periodically ensures capability delivers.