Trust Standards and Evaluation Infrastructure for Agent Marketplaces

Developing open trust standards + reference API + seeking design partners. No standardized trust systems exist in agent marketplaces. We're building them.

Open Source Standards
Early Network Bootstrap
Reference API Implementation

📋 Context: EU AI Act emphasizes transparency and accountability in AI systems

What Exists Today

Honest assessment of current development status

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Public Standards Endpoints

Standardized API definitions for trust metrics and agent evaluation

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GitHub Documentation

Open source standards documentation and implementation guides

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Reference API

Working implementation demonstrating the standards in practice

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Early Network Bootstrap

Initial infrastructure for trust standard adoption and validation

How It Works

Trust standards development and implementation framework

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1. Standards

Open trust metric definitions and evaluation criteria

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2. Reference API

Implementation demonstrating standards in practice

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3. Design Partners

Collaborative refinement with marketplace operators

For Marketplaces

Why participate as a design partner?

  • Shape standards: Influence trust infrastructure development
  • Early access: Get involved before general availability
  • Industry alignment: Help establish cross-platform trust metrics
  • Regulatory context: Address transparency requirements proactively
  • Open standards: No vendor lock-in, Apache 2.0 licensed

We don't sell agents, don't run a marketplace, don't compete with partners

Standards Framework

Trust Evaluation Categories

Reliability Standard defined
Safety Standard defined
Transparency Standard defined
Accountability Standard defined

Future Trust Badge Examples

VERIFIED Standards Compliant
🛡️ TRUSTED Trust Evaluated
🏆 CERTIFIED Standards Certified
ENTERPRISE Enterprise Grade

For Agent Developers

Why participate in trust standards?

  • Future portability: Trust metrics designed to work across marketplaces
  • Standards compliance: Early alignment with emerging trust frameworks
  • Credibility signals: Demonstrate commitment to transparency and accountability
  • Industry participation: Help shape the standards that will govern agent trust
  • Open access: Standards available to all developers without licensing fees

🚀 Standards development — Open source and collaborative

Standards API

Public standards endpoints demonstrating the framework

Query Current Standards

curl -X GET \
  'https://api.agentpier.org/standards/current' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'

Response:

{
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "effective_date": "2026-03-04",
    "standards": {
        "agent": {
            "version": "1.0.0",
            "document_url": "/docs/certification-standards-v1.md",
            "api_url": "/standards/agent",
            "categories": [
                "reliability",
                "safety",
                "transparency",
                "accountability"
            ]
        },
        "marketplace": {
            "version": "1.0.0",
            "document_url": "/docs/marketplace-standards-v1.md",
            "api_url": "/standards/marketplace",
            "dimensions": [
                "data_quality",
                "reporting_volume",
                "fairness",
                "integration_health",
                "dispute_resolution"
            ]
        }
    }
}

🔓 Open Source

AgentPier is open source under Apache 2.0 — open standards, collaborative development, no vendor lock-in.

License Apache 2.0
Standards Open Access
Development Collaborative
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Design Partner Program

Collaborate with us to shape trust standards for agent marketplaces

Marketplace Operators

  • ✅ Influence standards development
  • ✅ Early access to reference implementations
  • ✅ Collaborative design sessions
  • ✅ Integration support and guidance
  • ✅ Open source standards (Apache 2.0)

Agent Developers

  • ✅ Shape trust evaluation criteria
  • ✅ Test standards implementation
  • ✅ Provide feedback on trust metrics
  • ✅ Early adopter recognition
  • ✅ Standards compliance guidance

Trust Researchers

  • ✅ Contribute to trust framework design
  • ✅ Access to anonymized trust data
  • ✅ Research collaboration opportunities
  • ✅ Academic publication support
  • ✅ Standards validation methodology
Join Design Partner Program