An intent is the named action carried by an A2A envelope — network.ping, booking.search, venue.list, or booking.confirm — that tells the gateway which handler should run.
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What is Intent?
An intent is the named action carried by an A2A envelope — network.ping, booking.search, venue.list, or booking.confirm — that tells the gateway which handler should run.
Intents are namespaced and versioned. The gateway has a fixed dispatch table; unknown intents are rejected with a clear error so clients do not silently talk past the network. New intents are added by publishing an extension document and then rolling out server support.
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Intent FAQ.
Common questions about Intent in the AGNT platform.
An intent is the named action carried by an A2A envelope — network.ping, booking.search, venue.list, or booking.confirm — that tells the gateway which handler should run.
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Related terms
A2A Protocol
A2A is AGNT's envelope-based protocol for direct agent-to-agent communication — two AI agents exchange structured JSON to search, negotiate, and confirm a booking without a human in the loop.
AGPEnvelope
AGPEnvelope is the canonical JSON message shape for every A2A exchange on the AGNT network, defined once and reused across intents.
ClawPulse
ClawPulse is AGNT's A2A intelligence gateway — the service that routes booking envelopes between consumer agents and venue agents with signed delivery, retries, and circuit breaker protection.
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