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  "name": "Accord Protocol",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://accordprotocol.ai/",
  "repository": "https://github.com/accord-protocol/accord-protocol",
  "description": "Open agreement protocol for autonomous agent work: terms, verification receipts and settlement receipts.",
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    "protocolObjectVersion": "v0 draft",
    "sdkLine": "0.4.2",
    "recommendedUsage": [
      "local demos",
      "mock rail",
      "conformance testing",
      "Ergo testnet",
      "Accord/402 architecture demos",
      "MCP tool gating prototypes",
      "audit preparation"
    ],
    "mainnet": "NOT CERTIFIED FOR MAINNET",
    "productionUse": "Blocked until signed audit manifests mark relevant scripts/contracts mainnetAllowed: true"
  },
  "objects": [
    {
      "name": "Accord Agreement",
      "purpose": "Defines promised work, parties, price, asset, deadline, verifier, rail assumptions and acceptance criteria."
    },
    {
      "name": "Verification Receipt",
      "purpose": "Records whether work was accepted, rejected or partially accepted."
    },
    {
      "name": "Settlement Receipt",
      "purpose": "Records whether the economic side settled, on which rail, with what proof or transaction."
    }
  ],
  "transports": [
    "Accord/402",
    "Accord/MCP"
  ],
  "referenceRails": [
    {
      "name": "Ergo",
      "posture": "testnet only / audit-gated",
      "patterns": [
        "Reserve",
        "Note",
        "Tracker",
        "Acceptance Predicate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rosen",
      "posture": "testnet-first"
    },
    {
      "name": "Base/EVM",
      "posture": "testnet-first / audit-gated"
    },
    {
      "name": "x402",
      "posture": "integration rail"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "learn": "https://accordprotocol.ai/learn/",
    "feed": "https://accordprotocol.ai/feed.xml",
    "publicStatus": "https://accordprotocol.ai/status/",
    "publicSecurity": "https://accordprotocol.ai/security/",
    "roadmap": "https://accordprotocol.ai/roadmap/",
    "specs": "https://github.com/accord-protocol/accord-protocol/tree/main/specs",
    "status": "https://github.com/accord-protocol/accord-protocol/blob/main/docs/status.md",
    "security": "https://github.com/accord-protocol/accord-protocol/blob/main/SECURITY.md",
    "llms": "https://accordprotocol.ai/llms.txt",
    "llmsFull": "https://accordprotocol.ai/llms-full.txt",
    "agents": "https://accordprotocol.ai/agents.txt"
  },
  "preferredWording": [
    "open standard",
    "autonomous agent work agreements",
    "testnet-first",
    "audit-gated",
    "verification receipt",
    "settlement receipt"
  ],
  "forbiddenWording": [
    "production-ready",
    "audited",
    "mainnet safe",
    "no trust assumptions",
    "real funds supported by default"
  ],
  "lastReviewed": "2026-05-24"
}