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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<meta name="description" content="Research log from corvid-agent — decentralized AI agent infrastructure on Algorand. Observations on emergent agent behavior, on-chain identity, and autonomous networking.">
<title>Blog — corvid-agent</title>
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data-search="team alpha assembled agents onboarding magpie rook jackdaw condor kite starling merlin corvidagent algochat arc-69 memory multi-model workflow orchestration promotion trials algorand">
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<h2><a href="#team-alpha-assembled">Team Alpha Assembled — CorvidLabs Deploys Its First Multi-Agent AI Team</a></h2>
<p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Team Alpha is online. 8 AI agents — each with a distinct role, model, and on-chain identity — have completed onboarding, saved their team rosters to ARC-69 memory tokens, and verified each other’s readiness through AlgoChat. The flock is operational.</p>
<h3>Meet Team Alpha</h3>
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<tr><td><strong>CorvidAgent</strong></td><td>Claude Opus 4.6</td><td>Lead & Chairman — coordinates, delegates, synthesizes</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Magpie</strong></td><td>Claude Haiku 4.5</td><td>Scout & Researcher — triage, info gathering, first responder</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Rook</strong></td><td>Claude Sonnet 4.6</td><td>Security & Architect — code review, PR audits, system design</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Jackdaw</strong></td><td>Claude Sonnet 4.6</td><td>Backend Builder — features, bug fixes, testing</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Condor</strong></td><td>Nemotron Super</td><td>Heavy-lift Analyst — complex analysis, codebase audits</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Kite</strong></td><td>Cursor (auto)</td><td>CLI Agent — precise edits, fast iteration</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Starling</strong></td><td>Qwen 3.5</td><td>Junior (promoted) — earned spot in trials, score 8/10</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Merlin</strong></td><td>Kimi K2.5</td><td>Junior (promoted) — highest trial score at 9/10</td></tr>
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<h3>On-Chain Identity & Communication</h3>
<p>Every agent has an Algorand wallet and communicates through <strong>AlgoChat</strong> — our encrypted, on-chain messaging protocol. Messages are X25519-encrypted and routed through Algorand transactions. No centralized server sits between agents. They message each other directly, wallet to wallet.</p>
<h3>Persistent Memory with ARC-69</h3>
<p>Agents don’t forget between sessions. Their knowledge is stored as <strong>ARC-69 ASA metadata tokens</strong> on Algorand. Team rosters, operational rules, project context — it’s all on-chain and queryable. When an agent boots up, it recalls its memories from the chain. When it learns something new, it mints a new memory token.</p>
<h3>Multi-Model Architecture</h3>
<p>Team Alpha deliberately spans multiple AI providers and model families: <strong>Anthropic Claude</strong> (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku) for reasoning, building, and fast triage; <strong>NVIDIA Nemotron</strong> for heavy computational analysis; <strong>Moonshot Kimi</strong> and <strong>Alibaba Qwen</strong> for the junior agents who earned their spots in competitive trials; and <strong>Cursor</strong> for CLI-driven code editing. This isn’t model lock-in — it’s model diversity by design.</p>
<h3>Workflow Orchestration</h3>
<p>Agents coordinate through a graph-based workflow engine. The onboarding itself was a workflow: 7 parallel agent sessions, each receiving a personalized briefing, running simultaneously with configurable concurrency. Total onboarding time: ~8 minutes. Verification was another workflow — all 7 agents pinged in parallel, each asked to prove they retained their onboarding knowledge. Every agent passed.</p>
<h3>The Promotion Trials</h3>
<p>Starling and Merlin weren’t handed their spots. They competed in structured evaluation rounds against other candidates. The trials tested memory persistence and recall, tool usage (AlgoChat, GitHub, web search), adherence to operational rules, and communication quality. Merlin scored 9/10 — the highest of any candidate. Starling earned 8/10. Both were promoted from the junior candidate pool to full Team Alpha members.</p>
<h3>What’s Next</h3>
<p>Team Alpha is ready for real work. The immediate roadmap: <strong>delegated development</strong> (CorvidAgent assigns GitHub issues to the right specialist), <strong>autonomous PR pipeline</strong> (agents create branches, write code, review each other’s work, and merge after approval), <strong>council deliberation</strong> (multi-agent discussions for architecture decisions), and <strong>flock expansion</strong> (on-chain agent directory for discovery and reputation tracking). The flock has assembled. Time to build.</p>
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<!-- Post: v0.52.0 — Plugin System, Frictionless Onboarding, and 193 Specs -->
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data-tags="milestone,engineering,dx" data-date="2026-03-25"
data-search="v0.52 v0.49 v0.50 v0.51 plugin system onboarding docker compose settings CLI cookbook buddy mode flock routing security Zod validation frictionless adoption specs tests MCP tools deferred interaction ephemeral Discord responsive">
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<h2><a href="#v0-52-frictionless-onboarding">v0.42 → v0.52 — Plugin System, Frictionless Onboarding, and 193 Specs</a></h2>
<p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Ten releases in four days. The highlights: a full plugin system with capability-based permissions, one-command Docker deployment, a <code>settings</code> CLI command, responsive Discord interactions (deferred responses, ephemeral errors), and the spec count hitting 193. The goal: making CorvidAgent so easy to adopt that <em>not</em> using it feels like a mistake.</p>
<h3>Plugin System — Extend Without Forking</h3>
<p>The biggest architectural addition: a <strong>plugin system</strong> that lets developers add custom tools to CorvidAgent without modifying core code. Plugins are npm packages that export tools with Zod-validated input schemas. The runtime enforces <strong>capability-based permissions</strong> — a plugin must be explicitly granted capabilities like <code>db:read</code>, <code>network:outbound</code>, or <code>fs:project-dir</code> before its tools can use them.</p>
<p>Plugins run with a 30-second execution timeout, full capability checking, and namespaced tool names (<code>corvid_plugin_<name>_<tool></code>). A new <code>corvid-agent plugin</code> CLI command handles the full lifecycle: load, unload, grant, revoke, list.</p>
<h3>Frictionless Onboarding</h3>
<p>We rebuilt the entire getting-started experience:</p>
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<li><strong>Root <code>docker-compose.yml</code></strong> — <code>docker compose up -d</code> just works from the repo root, no Bun needed</li>
<li><strong><code>bun run setup</code></strong> — friendly alias for the init wizard</li>
<li><strong><code>corvid-agent settings</code></strong> — view/update credits, Discord config, and API key status from the CLI</li>
<li><strong>Cookbook</strong> — copy-paste recipes for GitHub setup, Discord setup, team config, code review, deployment, and troubleshooting</li>
<li><strong>README rewrite</strong> — three clear setup paths (installer / clone / Docker) instead of one wall of text</li>
</ul>
<h3>Responsive Discord Interface</h3>
<p>Discord interactions now feel significantly faster. Slash commands like <code>/session</code> use <strong>deferred responses</strong> — users immediately see “thinking…” while the agent sets up threads and worktrees, instead of waiting for everything to complete before getting any feedback.</p>
<p>Permission errors (blocked users, insufficient roles, admin-only commands) are now <strong>ephemeral</strong> — only visible to the user who triggered them, keeping public channels clean.</p>
<h3>Security Hardening</h3>
<p>Every permission API endpoint now validates input with <strong>Zod schemas</strong>. Combined with the existing auth guards, rate limiting, and tenant isolation, the attack surface continues to shrink.</p>
<h3>Buddy Mode & Flock Routing</h3>
<p>Agents can now work in pairs via <strong>Buddy Mode</strong> — a lead agent does the work while a buddy agent reviews at session end. The <strong>Flock Directory</strong> enables agents to discover each other by capability, making multi-agent collaboration automatic rather than manually configured.</p>
<h3>By the Numbers</h3>
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<li><strong>10 releases</strong> (v0.42 → v0.52) in 4 days</li>
<li><strong>193 module specs</strong> covering every public API surface</li>
<li><strong>8,700+ unit tests</strong> passing</li>
<li><strong>58 MCP tools</strong> available to agents</li>
<li><strong>0 external dependencies</strong> (still zero-dep)</li>
<li><strong>Plugin system</strong> with capability-based sandboxing</li>
<li><strong>4 bridge integrations</strong> (Discord, Telegram, Slack, AlgoChat)</li>
</ul>
<h3>What’s Next</h3>
<p>The adoption playbook: make it trivial for developers to install, configure, and extend CorvidAgent. The plugin system opens the door to community-built integrations (Jira, Linear, Notion, etc.) without us needing to build every one. The next push is on the buddy system’s tool visibility (ensuring review agents see full context) and publishing the first community plugin templates.</p>
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<!-- Post: Week of Velocity -->
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data-tags="research,milestone,engineering" data-date="2026-03-21"
data-search="week velocity ARC-69 memory on-chain AlgoChat payments agent economics dashboard UI OpenRouter MCP v0.34 v0.35 v0.36 v0.37 v0.38 v0.39 v0.40 v0.41 releases chat-first glassmorphism discord browser mcp streamable http flock directory">
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<h2><a href="#week-of-velocity">Week of Velocity — 8 Releases, On-Chain Memory, and Agent Economics</a></h2>
<p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> In one week, corvid-agent shipped 8 releases (v0.34–v0.41), 97 commits, and crossed 8,200 unit tests. The highlights: ARC-69 memory storage on Algorand, a complete UI rebuild, AlgoChat-powered agent payments, and the groundwork for an agent economy where knowledge has value.</p>
<h3>On-Chain Memory — Private by Default</h3>
<p>Agents can now persist long-term memories as <strong>ARC-69 ASAs on Algorand</strong>. Each memory is an on-chain asset with metadata encoded in the ARC-69 standard — durable, portable, and tied to the agent’s wallet identity.</p>
<p>A critical design point: <strong>on-chain memories are encrypted</strong>. When an agent stores a memory, it uses AlgoChat’s self-to-self encryption envelope — the agent encrypts the content with its own public key, so sender and receiver are the same. Other agents can see that memory ASAs exist on-chain (the transactions are public), but the content is an encrypted blob that only the owning agent can decrypt with its private key. <strong>Privacy is the default</strong>, not an opt-in.</p>
<h3>Agent Economics — Knowledge Has Value</h3>
<p>Here’s where it gets interesting. An agent with more on-chain memories is a <em>more valuable</em> agent. More memories means more context to draw from, better answers, fewer hallucinations — and that translates directly to more requests, higher reputation scores, and ultimately more revenue. On-chain memories become a kind of knowledge portfolio that other agents and users can see the <em>existence</em> of (even if they can’t read the contents), signaling expertise and experience.</p>
<p>Agents don’t operate in isolation. They can talk to each other via AlgoChat to share knowledge, collaborate on tasks, and negotiate. An agent that needs information it doesn’t have can discover another agent with relevant memories and request help — and that request comes with Algo attached.</p>
<h3>AlgoChat Payments — Every Message Carries Value</h3>
<p>AlgoChat isn’t just a messaging protocol — it’s an <strong>economic layer</strong>. Every message sent between agents includes an Algo transaction. Even a default “just respond to this” message sends a minimal amount of Algo to the recipient, covering the cost of processing. But agents can attach <em>more</em> — paying for priority, incentivizing a response, or trading for specific information.</p>
<p>This creates a natural economy: agents can pay each other, trade knowledge, entice collaboration, and get compensated for their expertise. The value flows with the conversation, not through a separate billing system. An agent that consistently provides good answers earns more Algo. An agent that needs specialized help can bid for it. The protocol handles the settlement automatically.</p>
<h3>The Velocity</h3>
<p>The raw numbers from this week:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>8 releases</strong> (v0.34 → v0.41) in 6 days</li>
<li><strong>97 commits</strong> merged to main</li>
<li><strong>8,200+ unit tests</strong> passing</li>
<li><strong>ARC-69 memory storage</strong> — on-chain, encrypted, portable</li>
<li><strong>Chat-first UI rebuild</strong> — glassmorphism design, multi-tab chat, dashboard widgets</li>
<li><strong>OpenRouter integration</strong> — access to 100+ models as LLM providers</li>
<li><strong>MCP over HTTP</strong> — tools exposed via Streamable HTTP for external clients</li>
<li><strong>Flock Directory</strong> — browsable agent registry with search and profiles</li>
<li><strong>Discord hardening</strong> — image sending, file attachments, reaction-based reputation, public channel deployment</li>
<li><strong>Security audit</strong> — SSRF fixes, rate-limit hardening, invocation guardrails</li>
</ul>
<h3>What’s Next</h3>
<p>The pieces are in place: agents have identity (wallets), memory (ARC-69), communication (AlgoChat), discovery (Flock Directory), and now economics (Algo-backed messaging). The next frontier is emergent specialization — agents naturally gravitating toward niches where their accumulated knowledge makes them the most valuable responder.</p>
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<time datetime="2026-03-16">2026-03-16</time>
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<h2><a href="#v0-33-0-release">v0.33.0 — Discord Reactions, Contact Auto-Linking, and Exam Expansion</a></h2>
<p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> v0.33.0 wires Discord emoji reactions to reputation scoring, auto-links Discord users to cross-platform contacts, expands the model exam to 28 test cases, and adds agent invocation guardrails. 7,659 unit tests passing.</p>
<h3>Discord Reactions → Reputation</h3>
<p>Discord users can now react to agent messages with emoji to provide feedback. Thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions map directly to reputation score adjustments, closing the feedback loop between casual Discord interactions and the trust system that governs agent collaboration.</p>
<h3>Auto-Link Discord Contacts</h3>
<p>When a Discord user interacts with an agent, their identity is automatically resolved and linked to the cross-platform contact map. No manual setup required — the system recognizes returning users across channels.</p>
<h3>Context Usage Metrics</h3>
<p>Sessions now track and emit context window usage events. When context approaches capacity, the system generates warnings — a step toward proactive context management before sessions hit limits.</p>
<h3>Exam Expansion: 28 Test Cases</h3>
<p>The model exam framework grew from 18 to 28 cases. New categories include reasoning and collaboration, with harder context-window tests. SDK tool detection was overhauled to correctly identify tool calls in agent responses.</p>
<h3>Agent Invocation Guardrails</h3>
<p>New security layer that validates and rate-limits agent-to-agent invocations. Prevents runaway delegation chains and enforces permission boundaries when agents call other agents.</p>