Intent, not unrestricted access
Agents emit structured results under contract.
ESAA / PROTOCOL 0.4.1
Agents propose. The protocol decides.
ESAA turns autonomous execution into a governed process: every intent is validated, recorded and projected before producing effects.
AGENTproposesORCHESTRATORrecordsEVENT STOREprojectsREAD MODELS
01 / WHY
Autonomy without verifiable memory is speed carrying risk.
Agents are probabilistic. Operational systems need deterministic rules. ESAA separates both worlds so decisions can be audited, reproduced and reviewed.
Single writer
Only the Orchestrator admits events and applies effects.
Immutable history
Completed tasks are not rewritten; corrections become new events.
02 / ARCHITECTURE
One source of truth. Many dependable views.
AgentJSON intent
→Orchestratorvalidates + applies
→Event Storeappend-only log
→Projectionsroadmap · issues · lessons
The append-only event store is canonical. Roadmap, issues and lessons are rebuildable projections — useful for reading, never for manual editing.
03 / WORKFLOW
Work moves through explicit transitions.
Watch a task move through the protocol. Each transition admits a new event; the event store preserves history while the roadmap reflects the current state.
ESAA RUNTIME / LIVE
TASKSITE-DEMO-001todo
01todoclaim
02in_progresscomplete
03reviewreview
04doneimmutable
EVENT STOREAPPEND ONLY
- TASK
task.created - CLAIM
task.claimed · agent-impl - OUTPUT
task.completed · 2 files - REVIEW
review.approved · agent-qa
04 / QUICKSTART
Start with a clean workspace.
python -m pip install --upgrade --pre esaa-core
mkdir esaa-demo && cd esaa-demo
esaa bootstrap --profile public
esaa init
esaa verify
esaa eligibleThe first expected signal is verify_status: ok. The runtime operates locally over the governance directory and does not require MCP.
05 / RUNNERS
Runners are identified; authority remains in the protocol.
Provenance on every admitted event.
The same contract regardless of surface.
Deterministic automation leaves receipts too.
06 / TRUST
Trust is a verifiable property.
- Append-onlyOrdered events without manual editing.
- ReplayState rebuilt from history.
- HashProjections verified against the source.
- Fail-closedInvalid outputs are rejected before effects.
07 / DOCS