OVA Protocol Specification

This folder is intended to hold the canonical specification of the OVA Protocol — AI agent identity and authorization, provisional patent March 2026.

Status

Awaiting content.

OVA documentation exists outside this repository (provisional patent materials, working notes on the macaroon-flavored capability model). The decision on how to populate this folder is open:

• Option A — Import existing OVA documentation if the existing material is architectural rather than patent-language-heavy.
• Option B — Produce a fresh specification modeled on the Loomworks Architecture Specification's shape, sourcing the design from existing notes.
• Option C — Hybrid. Import the architectural fragments that exist; produce fresh specification text.

The session handoff from 2026-05-21 names this as an open question for the next session.

When the specification lands here, it follows the same versioning convention as everything else in this repository.

Integration posture

Per the current methodology, OVA integration proceeds via seam-and-stub. The hand-written authorizer (Option E) progresses toward a macaroon-flavored capability model (Option C). The specification here will eventually need to document that progression and the rationale for it.