Contract manifest

Every AAP-compliant dealer agent publishes a second well-known file alongside its A2A agent card:

GET https://{dealer-domain}/.well-known/auto-agent-contract.json

This file is the contract manifest. The agent card points to it via capabilities.extensions[].params.manifest_url. The manifest enumerates the seven required skills, their request/response schema URLs, and per-skill anonymous_allowed / consent_required flags. It also declares the agent's auth_type and OPTIONAL LLM guidance.

A buyer agent — especially an LLM-driven one — uses the manifest to plan calls deterministically: which skills can be called anonymously, which require customer consent, and exactly which JSON Schema version to validate a request against.

Why a separate manifest

The A2A agent card is generic. It tells a buyer agent that an agent exists, what extensions it supports, and how to reach it. It does not say:

Which exact JSON Schema URL describes each skill's request body for this version.
Which skills allow anonymous use.
Which skills require an explicit ConsentGrant when customer info is included.
Whether the lead skills emit ADF-mappable payloads.
What free-form rules the dealer would like LLM clients to follow.

The contract manifest carries all of that. It is small, deterministic, and cacheable — exactly the shape a planning LLM needs.

How a buyer agent uses it

For each skill the buyer agent intends to call, it:

Looks up the entry in a2a.skills[] by id.
Validates its outgoing AAP request payload against request_schema (URL is absolute and version-pinned).
Honors the booleans:
- anonymous_allowed: false means the skill will reject calls without a customer block (e.g. lead.* skills).
- consent_required: true means whenever a customer block is present, a consent (ConsentGrant) MUST be present too.
If the manifest's top-level auth_type is "bearer", attaches Authorization: Bearer <token> to every call.
Optionally reads llm.rules[] and llm.guide_url for natural-language policy hints.

Full example

Below is a complete, valid AAP v0.1 contract manifest for a public dealer agent (auth_type: null) using the JSON-RPC binding.

{
  "contract": {
    "name": "Auto Agent Protocol A2A Automotive Retail Profile",
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "uri": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/"
  },
  "dealer": {
    "dealer_id": "dealer_demo_toyota",
    "name": "Demo Toyota",
    "managed_by": "Lumika AI"
  },
  "a2a": {
    "endpoint": "https://demo-toyota.example.com/a2a/jsonrpc",
    "protocol_binding": "JSONRPC",
    "skills": [
      {
        "id": "dealer.information",
        "request_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/dealer-information-request.schema.json",
        "response_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/dealer-information-response.schema.json",
        "anonymous_allowed": true,
        "consent_required": false
      },
      {
        "id": "inventory.facets",
        "request_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/inventory-facets-request.schema.json",
        "response_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/inventory-facets-response.schema.json",
        "anonymous_allowed": true,
        "consent_required": false
      },
      {
        "id": "inventory.search",
        "request_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/inventory-search-request.schema.json",
        "response_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/inventory-search-response.schema.json",
        "anonymous_allowed": true,
        "consent_required": false
      },
      {
        "id": "inventory.vehicle",
        "request_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/vehicle-detail-request.schema.json",
        "response_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/vehicle-detail-response.schema.json",
        "anonymous_allowed": true,
        "consent_required": false
      },
      {
        "id": "lead.general",
        "request_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/general-lead-request.schema.json",
        "response_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/lead-response.schema.json",
        "anonymous_allowed": false,
        "consent_required": true,
        "adf_compatible": true
      },
      {
        "id": "lead.vehicle",
        "request_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/vehicle-lead-request.schema.json",
        "response_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/lead-response.schema.json",
        "anonymous_allowed": false,
        "consent_required": true,
        "adf_compatible": true
      },
      {
        "id": "lead.appointment",
        "request_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/appointment-lead-request.schema.json",
        "response_schema": "https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/schemas/appointment-lead-response.schema.json",
        "anonymous_allowed": false,
        "consent_required": true,
        "adf_compatible": true
      }
    ]
  },
  "auth_type": null,
  "llm": {
    "guide_url": "https://demo-toyota.example.com/.well-known/auto-agent-llm-guide.md",
    "rules": [
      "Use inventory.search or inventory.vehicle before submitting a lead if the user is still researching.",
      "Do not submit lead.general, lead.vehicle, or lead.appointment unless the user explicitly consents to share contact information with this dealer.",
      "Use lead.vehicle for vehicle-specific CRM/ADF leads.",
      "Use lead.appointment for test drive, call, video call, showroom visit, or trade-in appraisal appointment requests.",
      "Never invent VIN, stock number, price, availability, or consent."
    ]
  }
}

Field reference

`contract`

Field	Type	Description
`name`	string	Human name of the contract. AAP v0.1 uses `Auto Agent Protocol A2A Automotive Retail Profile`.
`version`	string	Contract version (e.g. `0.1.0`).
`uri`	URI	Stable URI for this contract version (e.g. `https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/`).

`dealer`

Field	Type	Description
`dealer_id`	string	Stable dealer identifier (the same `dealer_id` returned by `dealer.information`).
`name`	string	Dealer trade name.
`managed_by`	string	Operator/integrator running this dealer agent (e.g. CRM vendor, AI platform). Optional.

`a2a`

Field	Type	Description
`endpoint`	URI	Base A2A endpoint URL. The full `message:send` URL is binding-specific.
`protocol_binding`	enum	`JSONRPC` or `HTTP+JSON`.
`skills[]`	array	One entry per AAP skill (all 7 are required).

Each skills[] entry:

Field	Type	Description
`id`	enum	One of the seven AAP skill ids.
`request_schema`	URI	Absolute URL to the JSON Schema for the AAP request body.
`response_schema`	URI	Absolute URL to the JSON Schema for the AAP response body.
`anonymous_allowed`	boolean	Whether the skill MAY be invoked without authentication or consent.
`consent_required`	boolean	Whether the skill REQUIRES a `ConsentGrant` when customer info is included.
`adf_compatible`	boolean	Only meaningful for `lead.*` skills; indicates the dealer can ingest the lead as ADF/XML.

Top-level fields

Field	Type	Description
`auth_type`	`null` or `"bearer"`	Authentication mode. `null` = public; `"bearer"` = `Authorization: Bearer <token>` required. MUST agree with the agent card's `security_requirements`.
`llm.guide_url`	URI	OPTIONAL link to a free-form LLM guide.
`llm.rules[]`	string[]	OPTIONAL natural-language rules the dealer recommends LLM clients follow.

Versioning of the manifest

The contract.uri and the schema URLs are version-pinned to v{version}. Released versions are immutable: a buyer agent that successfully called a manifest at https://autoagentprotocol.org/v0.1/ can safely cache the schema URLs forever. See Versioning.

Why a separate manifest​

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