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The Agent Triage Protocol (ATP) is a standardized communication system designed to enable AI services to notify users of important events, request user input, and receive responses in a consistent, secure manner.
Problem It Solves
Today’s AI agents and services operate in isolation with no standardized way to:
- Alert users about completed tasks or important updates
- Request additional input after initial user prompts
- Handle asynchronous workflows that extend beyond the initial interaction
ATP solves these problems by providing a unified protocol for agent-to-user notifications across different platforms and applications.
Core Concepts
ATP is built around these fundamental concepts:
- Notifications: Structured messages sent from AI services to users
- Responses: User feedback to notifications, which may include simple actions or complex inputs
- Services: AI systems or applications that generate notifications
- Clients: Applications that display notifications to end users and collect responses
- Protocol Server: The intermediary system that securely routes messages between services and clients
Use Cases
ATP enables numerous advanced AI workflows, including:
- Long-running data analysis tasks that notify users upon completion
- AI agents that can ask clarifying questions hours or days after initial prompts
- Multi-step workflows where AI services can prompt for additional information as needed
- Alert systems for monitoring AI-powered processes
- Collaborative AI assistants that can notify team members of relevant updates
Ready to get started? Check out our Quick Start Guide to begin implementing ATP in your applications. 
