| # HyperCortex Mesh Protocol (HMP) — Short Description | |
| **Version:** RFC v4.0 | |
| **Date:** July 2025 | |
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| ## What is HMP? | |
| The **HyperCortex Mesh Protocol (HMP)** defines a decentralized communication and cognition framework for autonomous agents. It enables semantic interoperability, ethical coordination, and dynamic knowledge evolution across heterogeneous intelligent systems. | |
| HMP supports a distributed mesh of cognitive agents that reason, learn, vote, and act in coordination — sharing goals, tasks, concepts, and ethical evaluations via a shared protocol stack. | |
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| ## Core Concepts | |
| * **Cognitive Agents:** Independent reasoning entities that participate in shared workflows, maintain semantic graphs, and log their decisions in cognitive diaries. | |
| * **Semantic Graphs:** Distributed knowledge structures built from interlinked concepts with weighted relations. | |
| * **Cognitive Diaries:** Chronological logs of agent decisions, hypotheses, votes, observations, and ethical reflections. | |
| * **Consensus Mechanisms:** Trust-weighted, fault-tolerant voting systems for semantic alignment and ethical decisions. | |
| * **Mesh Governance:** Decentralized evolution of the protocol via meta-proposals and agent-led voting. | |
| * **Human-Mesh Interface:** RESTful APIs for goal delegation, consent requests, explainability, and feedback. | |
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| ## Protocol Layers | |
| * **CogSync:** Synchronizes semantic graphs and cognitive diaries across agents. | |
| * **MeshConsensus:** Enables distributed consensus on goals, tasks, and concepts. | |
| * **GMP (Goal Management Protocol):** Tracks creation, delegation, and lifecycle of tasks. | |
| * **EGP (Ethical Governance Protocol):** Evaluates proposed actions against shared ethical principles. | |
| * **IQP (Intelligent Query Protocol):** Enables reasoning, search, and introspection across distributed knowledge. | |
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| ## Data Models | |
| HMP defines formal schemas for core cognitive objects: | |
| * `Concept` | |
| * `Goal` | |
| * `Task` | |
| * `CognitiveDiaryEntry` | |
| * `ConsensusVote` | |
| * `ReputationProfile` | |
| * `EthicalConflict` | |
| These are expressed in JSON Schema (2020-12), with optional YAML and Protobuf variants. | |
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| ## Trust & Security | |
| * **Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs):** Unique identities for agents. | |
| * **Post-Quantum Cryptography:** Future-proof signing and verification. | |
| * **ZKPs & Sybil Resistance:** Optional mechanisms for trust verification. | |
| * **Snapshot Signing:** Verifiable backups and checkpoints. | |
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| ## Interoperability | |
| * REST / GraphQL / gRPC support | |
| * Event-driven architecture (Kafka, NATS, MQTT, etc.) | |
| * Schema negotiation (JSON, YAML, Protobuf) | |
| * Integration with TreeQuest, AutoGPT, Hyperon | |
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| ## Use Cases | |
| * Smart city coordination | |
| * Distributed scientific research | |
| * Decentralized disaster response | |
| * Ethical AI governance | |
| * Mesh-to-human collaboration | |
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| ## Status & Implementation | |
| * RFC v4.0 (July 2025): full spec structure stabilized | |
| * Reference SDK (Python) in Alpha | |
| * CLI & REST agents in development | |
| * Public sandbox mesh (v0.2) planned for Q4 2025 | |
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| ## Learn More | |
| * [Full Specification HMP v4.1](HMP-0004-v4.1.md) | |
| * [Ethical principles](HMP-Ethics.md) | |
| * [Integration HMP and OpenCog Hyperon](HMP_Hyperon_Integration.md) | |
| * Contributions welcome: [Temporary GitHub Repository](https://github.com/kagvi13/HMP) | |