# ACI – The Open Standard for Autonomous Companies

> Source: <https://github.com/narko4u/aci-spec>
> Published: 2026-07-19 06:48:51+00:00

**Status:** Draft Specification v0.9

Seeking three independent implementations for ACI v1.0—[Track progress]

An open specification for describing organizations to autonomous agents through structured, machine-readable contracts.

ACI enables autonomous systems to:

**Discover** organizations and what they do**Understand** capabilities and domain knowledge**Verify** identity and claims through attestations**Locate** autonomous agents and interaction endpoints**Interact** through open, governed contracts

**Option A — Fork the template:**

Replace the placeholders with your organization details and deploy to GitHub Pages. No build tools required.

**Option B — Run the Explorer:**

```
# Zero-dependency discovery — see what an ACI-compatible organization exposes
python3 demo/aci-explorer.py empirelabs.com.au
```

**Option C — Validate a deployment:**

```
python3 validator/validate.py https://your-org.github.io/your-site
```

[SPEC.md](/narko4u/aci-spec/blob/main/SPEC.md)— The specification[schema/](/narko4u/aci-spec/blob/main/schema)— Machine-readable YAML schemas for all five manifest types[validator/](/narko4u/aci-spec/blob/main/validator)— Open-source ACI Validator CLI[examples/](/narko4u/aci-spec/blob/main/examples)— Example implementations across all conformance levels[demo/aci-explorer.py](/narko4u/aci-spec/blob/main/demo/aci-explorer.py)— Zero-dependency CLI discovery tool

| Resource | Link |
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| Specification |
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[schema/](/narko4u/aci-spec/blob/main/schema)[validator/validate.py](/narko4u/aci-spec/blob/main/validator/validate.py)[demo/aci-explorer.py](/narko4u/aci-spec/blob/main/demo/aci-explorer.py)[examples/](/narko4u/aci-spec/blob/main/examples)[narko4u/aci-pages-template](https://github.com/narko4u/aci-pages-template)[empirelabs.com.au](https://empirelabs.com.au)**CC BY 4.0** (specification) / **MIT** (validator, schemas, examples, explorer)