Protocols for an agentic communications stack.

Identity

OAuth & OIDC

Basics

• https://openid.net/developers/how-connect-works/

• https://developer.okta.com/blog/2019/10/21/illustrated-guide-to-oauth-and-oidc

Tutorials

• https://spapas.github.io/2023/11/29/openid-connect-tutorial/

• https://stack-auth.com/blog/oauth-from-first-principles

Best Practice

• https://thecopenhagenbook.com/oauth

• https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/OAuth2_Cheat_Sheet.html

Polyproto & Federation ID

• https://docs.polyphony.chat/Overviews/core/

• Federation ID

AT Protocol auth & did:plc

• https://bsky.social/about/blog/3-6-2022-a-self-authenticating-social-protocol

• https://docs.bsky.app/blog/oauth-atproto

• https://atproto.com/specs/oauth

• https://atproto.com/guides/identity

• https://web.plc.directory

Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)

• https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-primer/

• https://blog.spruceid.com/upgradeable-decentralized-identity/

• https://identity.foundation/did-traits/

• https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/

Other

• https://www.iroh.computer/blog/frost-threshold-signatures
• https://nostr-nips.com/nip-05
• https://arcanican.is/primer/ap-decentralization.php

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Group Chat

• Matrix

• Polyproto Chat (TBA)

• [Lemmy](https://seb.jambor.dev/posts/understanding-activitypub/)

Broadcasting

• Mastodon

• Bluesky

• https://atproto.com/articles/atproto-for-distsys-engineers

• https://steveklabnik.com/writing/how-does-bluesky-work

• https://atproto.com/guides/data-repos

• https://newsletter.squishy.computer/p/natures-many-attempts-to-evolve-a

Digital Gardening

• rss++

• Noosphere