Agent Definition Language (ADL): Vendor-Neutral Declarative Spec Brings OpenAPI-Style Governance to AI Agents

InfoQ·medium signal

Moca open-sourced ADL under Apache 2.0 — a machine-readable manifest capturing an agent's identity, LLM configuration, tools, permissions, RAG data access, dependencies, and governance metadata (owner, version, changelog) in a single file. Like OpenAPI for REST APIs, ADL enables CI/CD validation of agent configs, explicit auditing of tool and data access scope, and software-style versioning with rollback; Eclipse LMOS already integrated the spec. Targets portability across LangChain, CrewAI, LangGraph, and custom agent frameworks.