# Agent Applications

> A working paper defining Agent Applications, native agent projects, durable instances, workspaces, artifacts, lineage, and the Agent Application Platform.

## Docs

- [About this paper](https://agentapplication.io/about.md): Who the Agent Applications paper is for, what it is trying to establish, and the long-term goal behind it.
- [Companion documents](https://agentapplication.io/companion-documents.md): The document family the working paper anchors: manifesto, technical papers, platform architecture, and the standards that follow.
- [Agent Cloud](https://agentapplication.io/concepts/agent-cloud.md): Specialized cloud infrastructure for persistent agents.
- [Agent Project](https://agentapplication.io/concepts/agent-project.md): The harness- or framework-native source directory used to create Agent Application releases.
- [Agent Widget](https://agentapplication.io/concepts/agent-widget.md): The rich interactive client through which most people use an Agent Application.
- [Agent Artifact](https://agentapplication.io/concepts/artifact.md): A durable work product created or maintained by an instance: content plus a record.
- [Agent Application Framework](https://agentapplication.io/concepts/framework.md): An agent harness that supports the complete development and operating lifecycle of an Agent Application.
- [Instance](https://agentapplication.io/concepts/instance.md): A persistent copy provisioned from a release for one privacy domain, with its own workspace and lifecycle.
- [Agent Lineage](https://agentapplication.io/concepts/lineage.md): The history of an instance as it diverges from the release that created it.
- [Agent Application Platform](https://agentapplication.io/concepts/platform.md): The service that deploys Agent Projects and operates releases, instances, workspaces, fleets, and commercial distribution.
- [Agent Workspace](https://agentapplication.io/concepts/workspace.md): The durable working state an agent returns to across runs.
- [Hello World Agent Application](https://agentapplication.io/examples/hello-world.md): A minimal Agent Application: one persistent notebook agent, one durable workspace, and work that continues across runs.
- [Agent Applications](https://agentapplication.io/index.md): A working paper defining Agent Applications, their frameworks, persistent instances, durable workspaces, and the Agent Application Platform.
- [Agent Applications: Software Architecture for the AI Era](https://agentapplication.io/paper.md): Working Draft 0.7, August 2026. The full paper defining Agent Applications, their lifecycle, and the Agent Application Platform.
- [Review the draft](https://agentapplication.io/review.md): How to send holes, counterexamples, boundary cases, and prior art for Working Draft 0.7.