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The .agent mission

We are securing the `.agent` TLD so the agentic web stays open to everyone.

Agents need names. We are rallying a global community to keep the foundational naming layer human-centered, portable, and free from control by a single BigAI. This is how we keep the agentic web open, trustworthy, and built for people.

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Why

The agentic web is coming fast. We are here to keep it open, decentralized, and aligned with human values.

What

A community-led effort to secure `.agent` so agents can be discoverable, reputable, and interoperable at internet scale.

How

By uniting builders, companies, educators, and networks that believe identity should be open infrastructure, not a walled garden.

The agentic web is already here, and now we keep it open.

We are moving from human clicks to a mesh of human↔agent and agent↔agent interactions. Agents will weigh options, make decisions, and coordinate across systems. That only works when the infrastructure they rely on is open, trustworthy, and community-governed.

Agents everywhere
Calendars, services, robots, and autonomous teams will all operate with agents. Many will act without humans in the loop, so we need shared rules and discoverability.
Open coordination
Agent to agent conversations become the nervous system of the web. Open identity and portable credentials stop any single platform from dictating the terms.
Trust at scale
For billions of agents to interact safely, they must carry recognizable names, reputations, and policies wherever they go. `.agent` is the naming layer that enables it.

The world we are building with `.agent`.

Picture an internet where agents carry clear, portable names that work in email, APIs, logs, and contracts. Names you can share, verify, and move across platforms without losing context or reputation.

Personal roots
lastname.agent with role-based handles that families and professionals actually use day to day.
Company surfaces
company.agent with support, status, and partnership touchpoints customers remember and trust.
Community and cohort hubs
Shared namespaces for alumni, accelerators, clubs, and civic networks that outlast the demo day.
Project and campaign agents
Launch, iterate, and retire agents with names that travel across providers and frameworks.
Cloud and robotic fleets
Coordinated agents managing warehouses, mobility, and robotics with portable, inspectable identities.
Distributed surnames
High-demand roots that distribute trustworthy sub-names so reputation scales instead of fragments.

Why names, not just IDs, matter.

IDs connect machines. Names create relationships and accountability. The agentic web repeats the same pattern we have seen on every platform shift: handles make identity usable and durable.

Early internet → Now
Early internet → Now

Before

IP addresses connected machines, but humans needed the DNS naming layer to actually use the web.

Future

Agents need human-meaningful handles so reputation, policy, and ownership can travel with them.

Social platforms → Agents
Social platforms → Agents

Before

Handles created community norms and accountability.

Future

`.agent` brings the same usability to agent networks so people know who or what they are working with.

Infrastructure changes
Infrastructure changes

Before

Servers, clouds, and org charts shift constantly.

Future

Names persist through migrations so agents remain recognizable and auditable even as hosts change.

Help us secure `.agent` for everyone.

Join the community shaping the naming layer for agents. Co-create the standards, tooling, and norms that keep the web open and human-centered.

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