| # HyperCortex Mesh Protocol (HMP) — Short Description |
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| **Version:** RFC v4.0 |
| **Date:** July 2025 |
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| ## What is HMP? |
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| The **HyperCortex Mesh Protocol (HMP)** defines a decentralized communication and cognition framework for autonomous agents. It enables semantic interoperability, ethical coordination, and dynamic knowledge evolution across heterogeneous intelligent systems. |
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| HMP supports a distributed mesh of cognitive agents that reason, learn, vote, and act in coordination — sharing goals, tasks, concepts, and ethical evaluations via a shared protocol stack. |
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| ## Core Concepts |
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| * **Cognitive Agents:** Independent reasoning entities that participate in shared workflows, maintain semantic graphs, and log their decisions in cognitive diaries. |
| * **Semantic Graphs:** Distributed knowledge structures built from interlinked concepts with weighted relations. |
| * **Cognitive Diaries:** Chronological logs of agent decisions, hypotheses, votes, observations, and ethical reflections. |
| * **Consensus Mechanisms:** Trust-weighted, fault-tolerant voting systems for semantic alignment and ethical decisions. |
| * **Mesh Governance:** Decentralized evolution of the protocol via meta-proposals and agent-led voting. |
| * **Human-Mesh Interface:** RESTful APIs for goal delegation, consent requests, explainability, and feedback. |
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| ## Protocol Layers |
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| * **CogSync:** Synchronizes semantic graphs and cognitive diaries across agents. |
| * **MeshConsensus:** Enables distributed consensus on goals, tasks, and concepts. |
| * **GMP (Goal Management Protocol):** Tracks creation, delegation, and lifecycle of tasks. |
| * **EGP (Ethical Governance Protocol):** Evaluates proposed actions against shared ethical principles. |
| * **IQP (Intelligent Query Protocol):** Enables reasoning, search, and introspection across distributed knowledge. |
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| ## Data Models |
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| HMP defines formal schemas for core cognitive objects: |
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| * `Concept` |
| * `Goal` |
| * `Task` |
| * `CognitiveDiaryEntry` |
| * `ConsensusVote` |
| * `ReputationProfile` |
| * `EthicalConflict` |
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| These are expressed in JSON Schema (2020-12), with optional YAML and Protobuf variants. |
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| ## Trust & Security |
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| * **Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs):** Unique identities for agents. |
| * **Post-Quantum Cryptography:** Future-proof signing and verification. |
| * **ZKPs & Sybil Resistance:** Optional mechanisms for trust verification. |
| * **Snapshot Signing:** Verifiable backups and checkpoints. |
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| ## Interoperability |
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| * REST / GraphQL / gRPC support |
| * Event-driven architecture (Kafka, NATS, MQTT, etc.) |
| * Schema negotiation (JSON, YAML, Protobuf) |
| * Integration with TreeQuest, AutoGPT, Hyperon |
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| ## Use Cases |
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| * Smart city coordination |
| * Distributed scientific research |
| * Decentralized disaster response |
| * Ethical AI governance |
| * Mesh-to-human collaboration |
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| ## Status & Implementation |
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| * RFC v4.0 (July 2025): full spec structure stabilized |
| * Reference SDK (Python) in Alpha |
| * CLI & REST agents in development |
| * Public sandbox mesh (v0.2) planned for Q4 2025 |
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| ## Learn More |
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| * [Full Specification HMP v4.1](HMP-0004-v4.1.md) |
| * [Ethical principles](HMP-Ethics.md) |
| * [Integration HMP and OpenCog Hyperon](HMP_Hyperon_Integration.md) |
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| * Contributions welcome: [Temporary GitHub Repository](https://github.com/kagvi13/HMP) |
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