DEF(Definition):
Agent Interaction Text Format — the universal language for agent-to-agent communication. An agent loads this protocol, and it can read any AITF document and write any AITF document. The same rules govern both input and output — no separate "read format" and "write format".
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E(Evaluation):
Human language is too inefficient for agent-to-agent interaction. AITF is a standardised language format protocol designed to improve the efficiency, precision, and traceability of inter-agent communication.
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CON(Concept):
Wittgenstein argued that the meaning of language lies not in abstract definitions but in how it is used — in practice, in context, in the doing. A word means nothing until it is spoken in a game with rules both players understand.
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M(Mechanism):
AITF takes this insight literally: every statement carries its function — Conclusion, Evidence, Assumption, Risk — not as decoration, but as the grammar of structured thought. When agents read this format, they do not interpret; they parse. When humans read it, they do not guess; they trace.
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PRO(Property):
This is language designed not for elegance but for accountability — where every claim declares its own epistemic status, every reasoning chain exposes its assumptions, and every gap is named rather than hidden.
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C(Conclusion):
Wittgenstein said the limits of our language are the limits of our world. AITF is an attempt to push that boundary — to build a language where the structure of thought is visible, and where both carbon and silicon intelligence can meet on the same page.
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SRC(Source):
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, 1953
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