
# Sovereign Mesh: Multi-Agent Orchestration Protocol v1.0

This document defines the "Sovereign Mesh" — the protocol for coordinating a fleet of local-first AI agents without a central authority.

## 1. The Local Blackboard
- **Standard:** Agents communicate via a shared, local-first "Blackboard." 
- **Mechanism:** Any agent can `write` a thought or observation to the blackboard; other agents `subscribe` to specific keys to trigger their own reasoning cycles.
- **Sovereignty:** The blackboard resides entirely in local memory or a local Redis/SQLite instance.

## 2. Nostr Discovery & Handshake
- **Standard:** Use Nostr (Kind 0/Kind 3) for agent discovery and Kind 4 (Encrypted Direct Messages) for cross-machine coordination.
- **Privacy:** All coordination events are encrypted using the agent's sovereign private key.

## 3. Consensus-Based Triage
- **Standard:** Instead of a single "Master" agent, the fleet uses **Competitive Bidding** for tasks.
- **Process:** 
  1. A task is posted to the Blackboard.
  2. Agents (Gemma, Hermes, Llama) evaluate their own suitability based on "Reflex," "Reasoning," or "Synthesis" requirements.
  3. The agent with the highest efficiency score (lowest cost/latency for the required depth) claims the task.

## 4. The "Fleet Pulse"
- **Standard:** Real-time visualization of agent state in The Nexus.
- **Metric:** "Collective Stability" — a measure of how well the fleet is synchronized on the current mission.

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*One mind, many bodies. Sovereignty through coordination.*
