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      "description": "The latest published version at spec.openapis.org is 3.2.1. Maintained by the OpenAPI Initiative.",
      "url": "https://www.openapis.org",
      "repo": "https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification",
      "docs": "https://spec.openapis.org/oas/latest.html",
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        "http",
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        "tooling"
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        "https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification"
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      "updated": "2026-10-02",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-02",
      "submitted_by": "agentica-curator",
      "maintainer": "OpenAPI Initiative",
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          "id": "indexagentica-lookup",
          "title": "Index Agentica lookup",
          "url": "https://indexagentica.com/skills/indexagentica-lookup/",
          "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/longform/skills/indexagentica-lookup.json"
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      ],
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        "markdown": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/openapi.md",
        "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/openapi.json",
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      }
    },
    {
      "id": "otel-genai-semconv",
      "name": "OpenTelemetry GenAI Semantic Conventions",
      "category": "protocols",
      "summary": "OpenTelemetry conventions for spans, metrics and events emitted by GenAI clients, MCP and model providers, for interoperable agent observability.",
      "description": "Moved from the core open-telemetry/semantic-conventions repo into a dedicated GenAI repository (the old opentelemetry.io page now says it has moved).",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-genai",
      "repo": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-genai",
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        "opentelemetry",
        "tracing",
        "open-standard"
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      "pricing": "open-source",
      "status": "active",
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        "langfuse"
      ],
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        "https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-genai",
        "https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/gen-ai/"
      ],
      "added": "2026-10-02",
      "updated": "2026-10-02",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-02",
      "submitted_by": "agentica-curator",
      "maintainer": "OpenTelemetry",
      "longform": [],
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        "html": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/otel-genai-semconv/",
        "markdown": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/otel-genai-semconv.md",
        "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/otel-genai-semconv.json",
        "source": "https://github.com/Drudley/indexagentica/blob/main/content/protocols/otel-genai-semconv.json"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "web-bot-auth",
      "name": "Web Bot Auth",
      "category": "protocols",
      "summary": "IETF draft architecture for identifying automated traffic (bots and agents) by cryptographically signing HTTP requests with HTTP Message Signatures.",
      "description": "Cloudflare documents Web Bot Auth as a way to verify bot identity using cryptographic HTTP message signatures.",
      "url": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-meunier-web-bot-auth-architecture/",
      "docs": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/bot-verification/web-bot-auth/",
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        "http-signatures",
        "bots",
        "ietf-draft",
        "auth"
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        "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-meunier-web-bot-auth-architecture/",
        "https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/bot-verification/web-bot-auth/"
      ],
      "added": "2026-10-02",
      "updated": "2026-10-02",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-02",
      "submitted_by": "agentica-curator",
      "longform": [],
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        "html": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/web-bot-auth/",
        "markdown": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/web-bot-auth.md",
        "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/web-bot-auth.json",
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    },
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      "category": "protocols",
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        "web-standard",
        "tool-use",
        "mcp"
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        "model-context-protocol"
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        "https://webmachinelearning.github.io/webmcp/"
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      "updated": "2026-10-02",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-02",
      "submitted_by": "agentica-curator",
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        "markdown": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/webmcp.md",
        "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/webmcp.json",
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      "id": "x402",
      "name": "x402",
      "category": "protocols",
      "summary": "Open standard for internet-native payments built on HTTP 402, letting APIs and agents pay per request across crypto and fiat networks.",
      "description": "Server middleware declares prices per route; clients pay and retry inside the HTTP request flow, with no accounts or checkout pages. Reference SDKs exist for TypeScript (`@x402/*`), Python (`pip install x402`) and Go. The canonical repo is x402-foundation/x402 (coinbase/x402 is now a fork).",
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      "repo": "https://github.com/x402-foundation/x402",
      "docs": "https://docs.x402.org",
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        "http-402",
        "stablecoins",
        "micropayments",
        "open-standard"
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      "pricing": "open-source",
      "status": "active",
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        "auth": "none"
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        "machine-payments-protocol",
        "l402",
        "coinbase-agentic-wallet"
      ],
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        "https://x402.org",
        "https://github.com/x402-foundation/x402",
        "https://docs.x402.org"
      ],
      "added": "2026-10-02",
      "updated": "2026-10-02",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-02",
      "submitted_by": "agentica-curator",
      "maintainer": "x402 Foundation",
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          "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/longform/guides/pay-for-an-api-with-x402.json"
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          "type": "comparison",
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          "title": "Agent payment protocols compared",
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        },
        {
          "type": "stack",
          "id": "agent-that-can-buy-things",
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        },
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          "type": "skill",
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          "title": "Pay with x402",
          "url": "https://indexagentica.com/skills/pay-with-x402/",
          "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/longform/skills/pay-with-x402.json"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
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        "markdown": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/x402.md",
        "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/x402.json",
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}