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clawkernel
Open Protocol · v0.3.0
clawkernel
The open protocol for stateful agent runtimes
One manifest. One wire protocol. Portable across any conformant runtime.
11 primitivesJSON-RPC 2.0Conformance-testedMCP-compatible
What is CKP?
Section titled “What is CKP?”The Claw Kernel Protocol (CKP) is an open specification for describing, composing, and interoperating autonomous AI agents. CKP standardizes how stateful agents are described and operated across runtimes, including lifecycle, memory, security boundaries, and wire-level interoperability.
Declarative agent assembly
Section titled “Declarative agent assembly”Define agents with declarative primitives for identity, tools, memory, predictive planning, sandboxing, policy, swarm coordination, and telemetry — with standardized lifecycle semantics, security boundaries, and conformance levels. Write a claw.yaml manifest once, and run it across conformant runtimes without runtime-specific glue code.
What can CKP enable?
Section titled “What can CKP enable?”- Portable agents that run on any CKP-conformant runtime — from embedded devices to Kubernetes clusters
- Multi-agent swarms where agents delegate tasks, share memory, and coordinate across 5 topologies
- Security by default with 7-layer defense-in-depth: sandboxing, policy rules, approval gates, and trust boundaries
- MCP-compatible tools that work seamlessly — CKP’s Tool primitive is a strict superset of MCP’s tool definition
- Observable pipelines with structured telemetry, tracing, and audit trails built into every primitive
- Predictive planning with an optional WorldModel primitive that Skills can reference without changing the wire protocol
Why does CKP matter?
Section titled “Why does CKP matter?”For developers: CKP eliminates the fragmentation between agent frameworks. Compose complex behaviors from simple primitives — chain tools into skills, skills into swarms, and govern everything with declarative policies.
For enterprises: Get security, observability, and multi-tenant isolation as first-class protocol features, not afterthoughts. Every primitive produces structured telemetry for audit and compliance.
Start building
Section titled “Start building”Read the spec
Understand the eleven primitives, wire format, security model, and conformance levels.
Learn more
Section titled “Learn more” Understand the primitives Learn the 11 building blocks that compose every CKP agent -- from Identity and Provider to WorldModel, Swarm, and Telemetry.
An Open Contribution from Datastrat
Section titled “An Open Contribution from Datastrat”ClawKernel Protocol (CKP) was proposed and developed by Angel Galvis Caballero, Founder and Managing Partner at Datastrat, as an open-source contribution to make AI agents safer, interoperable, and easier to build at scale.
From Datastrat Experimental, this work reflects our belief that trustworthy agent infrastructure can help developers ship faster, reduce integration chaos, and create reliable AI systems for industries and communities where decisions have real-world impact.