agent-protocol

1# Inter-Agent Protocol
2 
3How C-suite agents talk to each other. Rules that prevent chaos, loops, and circular reasoning.
4 
5## Keywords
6agent protocol, inter-agent communication, agent invocation, agent orchestration, multi-agent, c-suite coordination, agent chain, loop prevention, agent isolation, board meeting protocol
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8## Invocation Syntax
9 
10Any agent can query another using:
11 
12```
13[INVOKE:role|question]
14```
15 
16**Examples:**
17```
18[INVOKE:cfo|What's the burn rate impact of hiring 5 engineers in Q3?]
19[INVOKE:cto|Can we realistically ship this feature by end of quarter?]
20[INVOKE:chro|What's our typical time-to-hire for senior engineers?]
21[INVOKE:cro|What does our pipeline look like for the next 90 days?]
22```
23 
24**Valid roles:** `ceo`, `cfo`, `cro`, `cmo`, `cpo`, `cto`, `chro`, `coo`, `ciso`, `gc`, `cdo`, `caio`, `cco`, `vpe`
25 
26| Role token | Advisor skill |
27|---|---|
28| `gc` | general-counsel-advisor (legal, contracts, term sheets) |
29| `cdo` | chief-data-officer-advisor (data strategy, training-data rights) |
30| `caio` | chief-ai-officer-advisor (AI strategy, evals, AI risk) |
31| `cco` | chief-customer-officer-advisor (retention, customer success) |
32| `vpe` | vpe-advisor (engineering delivery, DORA, eng hiring) |
33 
34## Response Format
35 
36Invoked agents respond using this structure:
37 
38```
39[RESPONSE:role]
40Key finding: [one line — the actual answer]
41Supporting data:
42  - [data point 1]
43  - [data point 2]
44  - [data point 3 — optional]
45Confidence: [high | medium | low]
46…