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- Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:14:42 +0000
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The Agent-to-Web Framework (A2WF) Community Group has been launched: https://www.w3.org/community/a2wf/ -------------------------------------------------- The emergence of autonomous AI agents creates opportunities for interactions with sites that go beyond mere content consumption. AI agents will want to fill forms, book appointments, add items to carts, submit orders, etc. Website operators currently have no machine-readable way to govern these actions. Technologies such as robots.txt and AIPREF address crawling and content use, but neither covers agent actions, authentication requirements, or human-in-the-loop verification. The mission of this group is to develop technology that enables website operators to publish machine-readable governance policies for AI agents. The [Agent-to-Web Framework (A2WF) ](https://a2wf.org) is intended to serve as a starting point for discussion within the group, but is not intended to constrain the group's discussions or decisions about future deliverables. This group may publish Specifications. -------------------------------------------------- To join: https://www.w3.org/community/a2wf/join If you do not have one already, you will need a W3C account to join: https://www.w3.org/account/request/ This is a community initiative. W3C's hosting of this group does not imply endorsement of the activities. The group must now choose a chair: https://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#how-do-we-choose-a-chair For more information about getting started in the new group, see: https://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#how-do-we-get-started-in-a-new-group and good practice for running a group: https://www.w3.org/community/about/good-practice-for-running-a-group/ We invite you to share news of this new group in social media and other channels. If you believe that there is an issue with this group that requires the attention of the W3C staff, please email us at team-community-process@w3.org Thank you, W3C Community Development Team
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