{
  "title": "Agent Runtime",
  "description": "A standardized explainer for the common tool-using agent runtime loop, mapped to Hermes Agent and OpenClaw source-shaped code examples.",
  "outerRails": {
    "inbound": "Inbound event",
    "outbound": "Outbound response"
  },
  "loop": [
    {
      "part": 1,
      "name": "Platform input",
      "purpose": "Normalize an external platform event into a stable runtime and session identity.",
      "flowLabel": "platform/session identity"
    },
    {
      "part": 2,
      "name": "Session hydration",
      "purpose": "Build model-visible context from prompt text, message history, summaries, and memory.",
      "flowLabel": "hydrated prompt + message history"
    },
    {
      "part": 3,
      "name": "Agent loop",
      "purpose": "Run the model turn, enforce stop policy, and continue while tool work remains.",
      "flowLabel": "agent loop"
    },
    {
      "part": 4,
      "name": "Tool dispatch",
      "purpose": "Resolve requested tools, validate policy, execute calls, and return results to the loop.",
      "flowLabel": "tool dispatch"
    },
    {
      "part": 5,
      "name": "Persistence",
      "purpose": "Append transcripts, tool results, summaries, and memory-bearing state for future turns.",
      "flowLabel": "persisted transcript / memory"
    }
  ],
  "implementations": {
    "hermes": {
      "repo": "https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent",
      "language": "Python",
      "runtimeSummary": "Python gateway + AIAgent + tools.registry + SQLite session DB",
      "themeColor": "#228B22",
      "anchors": [
        "run_agent.py",
        "agent/conversation_loop.py",
        "agent/tool_executor.py",
        "tools/registry.py",
        "gateway/session.py",
        "gateway/platforms/base.py"
      ]
    },
    "openclaw": {
      "repo": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw",
      "language": "TypeScript",
      "runtimeSummary": "TypeScript ACP/session layer + CoreAgentHarness + agentLoop + JSONL session tree",
      "themeColor": "#b91c2a",
      "anchors": [
        "packages/agent-core/src/agent-loop.ts",
        "packages/agent-core/src/harness/agent-harness.ts",
        "packages/agent-core/src/harness/session/session.ts",
        "packages/agent-core/src/harness/session/jsonl-storage.ts",
        "packages/acp-core/src/session.ts",
        "packages/acp-core/src/runtime/types.ts"
      ]
    }
  },
  "exports": {
    "llmsTxt": "./llms.txt",
    "json": "./agent-runtime-map.json"
  }
}