Open Intent Layer
The open standard for what agent actions are intended to do
The Open Intent Layer provides a common language for defining intent across agents, connectors, gateways, and enterprise systems. 14 domains, 100+ categories, 306 intents. Open source. Apache 2.0 licensed.
This page is about the standard itself. Intended operationalizes that standard with interpretation, verification, authority, and evidence.
Open standard, operational platform
The standard is open. Verification is the system built on top of it.
The Open Intent Layer is meant to be portable and shared. Intended makes that standard operational at enterprise scale.
What the Open Intent Layer is
- An open standard for describing what agent actions are intended to do
- A portable language across runtimes, connectors, gateways, and enterprise systems
- Apache 2.0 licensed, vendor-neutral, and designed to spread
What the platform adds on top
- Large Intent Model interpretation across domains and systems
- Intent Objects, Enterprise Capability Engine verification, and Authority Tokens
- Operational workflows for escalation, replay, evidence, and enterprise controls
Why a shared intent layer matters
Without a common language, intent stays ambiguous.
Without a shared intent layer
Every system names actions differently. Intent is ambiguous, evidence is fragmented, and controls do not travel cleanly across systems.
With the Open Intent Layer
One shared intent language. Portable controls. Clearer verification. Consistent evidence across platforms, frameworks, and integrations.
How Intended uses the standard
Open intent language, enterprise verification operations.
Operational interpretation
The platform interprets raw actions with the Large Intent Model and structures them into Intent Objects that can be verified, replayed, and audited.
Authority and enforcement
Intended turns the standard into an operational system with Authority Tokens, fail-closed execution boundaries, and managed decision workflows.
Evidence and governance
Teams need audit replay, evidence exports, approvals, compliance mappings, and shared governance workflows that go beyond adopting a taxonomy alone.
The taxonomy
14 domains, 100+ categories
Search or browse the full Open Intent Layer taxonomy. Click a domain to explore its categories and example intents.
Get started
Install in seconds
npm install @intended/open-intent-layerpip install open-intent-layergo get github.com/intended-so/open-intent-layerOpen source
Apache 2.0
The Open Intent Layer is free to use, modify, and distribute. Use it in commercial products. Contribute back to the community.
A shared language for what agent actions are intended to do.
Open to adopt. Designed to spread.