{"id":"adriannoes-asap-protocol","name":"asap-protocol","homepage":"https://pypi.org/project/asap-protocol/","repo_url":"https://github.com/adriannoes/asap-protocol","category":"api-gateway","subcategories":[],"tags":["ai-agents","agent-communication","agentic-workflows","multi-agent-systems","mcp","stateful-orchestration","python","fastapi","websocket","security"],"what_it_does":"asap-protocol provides an agent-to-agent communication and task coordination protocol with stateful orchestration (state machine + snapshotting/resumability), schema-first interoperability (Pydantic/JSON Schema), and support for tool execution/coordination via MCP in a single message envelope. It also includes observability identifiers and multiple security options (Bearer auth, OAuth2/JWT, Ed25519 signed manifests, optional mTLS, replay prevention, rate limiting) plus CLI utilities and a compliance harness.","use_cases":["multi-agent orchestration where workflows must be resumable across failures","agent-to-agent task delegation with artifact/tool exchange using a shared envelope","standardized interop across agent frameworks via schema-first messages","tool execution coordination through MCP-compatible integration","production-grade debugging/traceability using correlation_id/trace_id","building an agent marketplace/registry for agent discovery and trust"],"not_for":["simple single-process agent communication that does not require orchestration/state","systems that cannot operate with HTTP/WebSocket style transports","environments that require fully managed SaaS with turnkey hosting (this appears to be a library/protocol)","workloads that need strict, vendor-neutral REST/OpenAPI-first APIs (the protocol is primarily implemented as a Python library + transports)"],"best_when":"You need reliable agent-to-agent coordination with persistence/resume semantics and cross-agent schema compatibility, optionally with MCP tool-calling and strong identity/signing.","avoid_when":"You only need direct point-to-point requests and do not benefit from stateful orchestration, metering, or signature-based trust.","alternatives":["generic A2A-style agent protocols (point-to-point, typically less stateful)","LangChain/CrewAI/LlamaIndex native multi-agent routing without a cross-agent protocol layer","Model Context Protocol (MCP) alone for tool calling (without stateful orchestration)","custom FastAPI-based message buses tailored to your workflow state model"],"af_score":70.0,"security_score":77.8,"reliability_score":48.8,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T15:41:04.045750+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":true,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":true,"sdk_languages":["Python"],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":true},"auth":{"methods":["Bearer auth","OAuth2/JWT","Ed25519 signed manifests","optional mTLS"],"oauth":true,"scopes":true,"notes":"README indicates OAuth2 trust/custom claims and signed identity/manifests; CLI supports key generation and signing/verifying manifests."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"No hosted pricing information provided; appears to be an open-source protocol/library."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":70.0,"security_score":77.8,"reliability_score":48.8,"mcp_server_quality":70.0,"documentation_accuracy":80.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":60.0,"rate_limit_clarity":55.0,"tls_enforcement":90.0,"auth_strength":85.0,"scope_granularity":70.0,"dependency_hygiene":70.0,"secret_handling":70.0,"security_notes":"README references Bearer auth, OAuth2/JWT, Ed25519 signed manifests, optional mTLS, replay prevention, HTTPS, and rate limiting. The manifest also shows explicit dependency overrides for known CVEs, which is a positive hygiene signal. Secret handling specifics (e.g., not logging secrets) are not directly verifiable from the provided excerpts.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":70.0,"breaking_changes_history":55.0,"error_recovery":70.0,"idempotency_support":"true","idempotency_notes":"State machine + snapshotting/resumability implies operations are designed to be safely retried at the workflow level; explicit idempotency/idempotency keys are not confirmed from the provided text.","pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Misaligned schema versions across agents can break interoperability if schema migration guidance is not followed.","Security configuration mismatches (OAuth/JWT trust levels, manifest signature verification, optional mTLS) can cause handshake failures.","State drift can occur if agents do not correctly persist/restore workflow snapshots during long-running coordination."]}}