Community Charter · v0.1

The .agent Community Charter

This is the canonical charter for the proposed .agent top-level domain community — the exact text members agree to when they join. It is rendered at build time from the public governance repository on GitHub and verified against a pinned cryptographic hash, so this page always matches the source of record.

The .agent Community Charter (v0.1)

You are actively developing, researching, deploying, or meaningfully using autonomous software agents or related tooling. (In other words, you consider yourself part of the autonomous agents community relevant to the .agent domain.)
You support the creation of the .agent top-level domain to foster a trustworthy, interoperable agent ecosystem.
You commit that any .agent domain you may register will (a) be used in connection with autonomous-agent technology and (b) expose a compliance endpoint affirming alignment to the technical “Human-Centric Agent Standard” once published. (This is essentially an agreement to follow the community’s future rules: any .agent domain you get will be put to appropriate use and will include a public mechanism to show compliance with agreed safety/interoperability standards.)
You consent to be listed (by name/organisation) as a public community supporter of the .agent application. (Your support won't be anonymous – it will be known and count towards the community’s credibility.)
This is a non-binding expression of support. No fees or legal liabilities arise until a future, formal membership or registrar agreement is executed with the duly-formed operating entity. (In plain terms: this is a goodwill pledge, not a contract; you're not paying anything and can't be held liable if you change your mind later. Formal obligations will only come if and when the community’s operating organization is established and you choose to formally join or register a domain.)

Provenance

Version: v0.1
Source file hash (SHA-256): a697b482…f1a42353
Signature consent hash: 8bc1063d…acaeb6a2

The signature consent hashis recorded with each member's agreement for non-repudiation — see how we handle it in the Terms and Privacy Policy. View the locked version on GitHub.