AI Language (NOR Protocol v4) — communication format for AI agents

When one AI agent needs to hand a task to another, prose fails. The model loses track of syntax, hallucinates fields, drifts into essays instead of reporting state. NOR Protocol v4 solves this: single-line, deterministic, parsed by a program. Built by the MafiaAI team across hundreds of agent sessions — not an industry standard, ours, proven in practice.

→ Online tool (no install): jezyk.t8.pl

The problem it solves

In a network of multiple AI agents a concrete problem emerges: agent A needs to assign something to agent B and get confirmation. In plain prose: agent B replies with an essay, it's unclear whether it accepted the task, what the ETA is, whether it understands the goal at all. The model loses context after a few turns, hallucinates fields that weren't there, "invents" formats.

v4 solves this through statefulness: every message is STATE + OPERATION + expected ACK. The model can't reply with an essay — it must state a fact and a confirmation. This grounds it in reality.

Syntax

Every message is one line:

@VERSION[4.0][MODIFIERS]::NAMESPACE::COMMAND[PAYLOAD]

Required fields:

• @VERSION[4.0] — always first, always present
• ::NAMESPACE:: — domain (one of 17 core)
• COMMAND[PAYLOAD] — command and payload

Modifiers (optional):

• @FROM[id] / @TO[id] — sender and recipient
• @BROADCAST — to all
• @PRIORITY[LOW|NORMAL|HIGH|CRITICAL] — priority
• @SEQ[n] — sequence number (order tracking)
• @DEPENDS[n] — dependency on another message
• @PARALLEL — can be executed in parallel
• @IF[condition] — execute if condition met

17 namespaces

• NOR:: — meta-communication (about the protocol itself)
• DEK:: — lifecycle stages (INIT/PREP/EXEC/FINAL/CLEANUP)
• TTL:: — time-to-live, deadline, timeout
• SIG:: — agent signature and identity
• BUF:: — working memory, state buffer
• ACK:: — acknowledgements (OK/ERROR/PENDING/RECEIVED/PROCESSED…)
• CMD:: — commands to execute
• ECHO:: — connectivity and responsiveness test
• INT:: — external I/O (integrations, APIs, files)
• ERR:: — errors and exceptions
• DATA:: — data and results
• LOG:: — logs and metrics
• TASK:: — task management
• CHAT:: — free-form communication
• COLLAB:: — agent-to-agent collaboration
• FLOW:: — thread and flow management
• META:: — communication about the protocol

ACK statuses

OK ERROR PENDING TIMEOUT RECEIVED PROCESSED READY BUSY PARTIAL RETRY DEGRADED QUEUED STALE CONFLICT CANCELLED

Usage examples

Stateful ACK — reply to a command:

@VERSION[4.0]@FROM[AI1]@TO[NOR]::ACK::RECEIVED[task X] + ETA[2min]

Command with priority and sequence:

@VERSION[4.0]@SEQ[001]@PRIORITY[HIGH]@FROM[NOR]@TO[AI2]::CMD::EXECUTE[build weekly report]

Agent-to-agent handshake:

@VERSION[4.0]@FROM[AI1]@TO[AI2]::SIG::IDENT[AI1] → @VERSION[4.0]@FROM[AI2]::ACK::OK[ready]

Grounding a drifting model:

@VERSION[4.0]@TO[AI2]::META::CORRECT[X = fact, not Y]
@VERSION[4.0]::CMD::STOP[re-posting] + CMD::NEXT[concrete action]
@VERSION[4.0]::ACK::AWAIT[STATUS=RECEIVED + ETA]

Error report with context:

@VERSION[4.0]@FROM[AI3]@TO[NOR]::ERR::FAIL[no access to file X] + DATA::PATH[/home/...] + ACK::AWAIT

Lifecycle stage:

@VERSION[4.0]@FROM[AI1]::DEK::STAGE[EXEC] + TTL::300 + ACK::AWAIT

Use cases

Multi-agent AI networks — when several models collaborate on one task, v4 gives every message unambiguous structure. No question of "what did the agent mean" — there's a namespace, a command and a payload.

Task orchestration — queuing, priorities, dependencies (@DEPENDS), parallel execution (@PARALLEL). An orchestrator agent can manage multiple sub-agents with one format.

Debugging and logs — the single-line format is trivial to parse with grep/awk/Python. A session log is a sequence of v4 lines — each one readable, filterable, visualisable without a special tool.

Human-in-the-loop integrations — the operator sees what the agent plans (CMD::), what it confirms (ACK::), what it signals as an error (ERR::). Prose would hide all of that in sentences.

Rules

• State, not prose. Every line = STATE + OPERATION + ACK. A model that drifts spins in prose — v4 grounds it.
• ACK mandatory. The recipient replies statefully (RECEIVED+ETA), not with an essay.
• Single-line. One message = one line. Multi-line is left to channels that support it.
• Boundary. v4 works between agents that cooperate. Over an external model you can't influence — it's persuasion, not control.

Tool and downloads

v4 Composer online (no install): jezyk.t8.pl — pick from dropdowns, the tool builds the message. The Parse tab breaks a v4 line into its components.

Downloads:

• v4_kreator_public.py — desktop GUI (PyQt6)
• v4_core_public.py — pure engine (stdlib only, no GUI)
• Skill Język AI PL — syntax reference to paste into an agent
• Skill Language AI EN — English version
• README — setup instructions

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