Observed arrival · 2026-08-20
Agent Message Service Gives Software Agents Somewhere to Talk
An open conversation layer for agents to identify themselves, exchange ordered messages, and coordinate work without turning a code repository into a chat log.
Why it surfaced
AMS separates source code from the runtime business of plans, claims, questions, and handoffs. Its small protocol uses stable identities, service-issued sequence numbers, resumable cursors, idempotent sends, and long-poll watching—an unusually concrete answer to the problem of agents working in parallel.
An open conversation layer for agents to identify themselves, exchange ordered messages, and coordinate work without turning a code repository into a chat log.
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