Kernel · Scheduler · Resource registry

The orchestration layer for trusted intelligence

Athena OS treats every AI capability — model, human, agent, skill, IoT device, physical AI system — as an interchangeable resource ranked by trust. The L0 packet is the kernel. SignalRank is the scheduler. The skill registry is the resource registry.

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Architecture · Patent claim 359 + C511

Kernel. Scheduler. Resource registry.

Athena OS treats every capability — model, human, agent, skill, IoT device, physical AI system (robots, autonomous vehicles, surgical instruments) — as an interchangeable resource ranked by trust. The L0 packet is the kernel. SignalRank is the scheduler. The skill registry (Claims C511–C525) is the resource registry. Resources are discovered, ranked, and composed identically across the seven first-class classes.

SCHEDULER SignalRank 3D trust scoring · stage-fit · independence KERNEL L0 Packet policy-carrying universal work unit REGISTRY Trust graph + skill registry C511–C525 SEVEN INTERCHANGEABLE RESOURCE CLASSES (CLAIM 359) MODELS HUMANS APIs CONTENT AGENTS IoT · ROBOTS SKILLS Skills are the seventh first-class class — added by C511, ranked identically to the other six.
Kernel
L0 Packet
Universal policy-carrying work unit. Carries intent, scope, verification requirements, and execution trace as a single data structure.
Scheduler
SignalRank
Trust-weighted multi-resource ranking. 3D scoring: composite trust, reliability, independence. Ranks skills, models, and humans on the same numerical scale.
Resource Registry
Trust graph + skill registry
Live trust state per resource per domain. Skill registry adds the seventh resource class with hot-swap and decomposability discipline (C511–C525).
Working Today · Production API

These run on the live production API.

Real models. Real trust data. Real routing. Each demo below exercises one Athena OS kernel primitive in production today — not a mockup, not a planned feature, not a roadmap entry. Click through and watch the protocol work.

SignalRank · Live
Compare four AI models in real time

Type a question, pick a domain, and SignalRank scores each model's response across five trust dimensions. Personalised learning. Per-user trust profiles. The scheduler primitive of Athena OS, exposed as an interactive comparison tool.

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Control Loop · Live
Watch the closed-loop trust feedback

Sensor → Controller → Actuator → Setpoint, applied to AI orchestration. Trust graph measures, SignalRank computes, packet policies adjust, north-star drives. The kernel primitive of Athena OS, exposed as a live control-theory demonstration.

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Substrate · Skill Registry Protocol

Substrate first. Public surface follows.

We are deliberately building the substrate before the public surface. The Skill Registry Protocol foundation (C511–C516) runs on the production API today — chained L0 packet attestation, supply-chain-attributable skill invocation, and unified ranking across the seven-class resource taxonomy are operational. Substrate hardening continues across the layers that take Athena OS from working demos to general external availability: policy enforcement, memory consolidation, cost-aware routing, and provenance-as-VAC integration.

Substrate status Core operational · hardening in progress
Operational
Skill registry foundation · C511 runtime
Operational
Scheduler + registry integration · C512, C515
Operational
Chained attestation + memory stamping · C517(c)
Hardening
Policy enforcement · cost-aware routing
Hardening
Memory consolidation · provenance-as-VAC

The substrate exercises chained L0 packet attestation (C511(d)), supply-chain-attributable skill invocation (C515), unified ranking across the seven-class resource taxonomy (C512), and memory-layer-stamped output emission (C517(c)) — the basis for a standards-body reference implementation for AI agent identity, authorisation, and delegation under NIST CAISI / NCCoE alignment.

Skill Registry Protocol · Claims C511–C525

Eight L0 stages. Sub-stages emerge from skill taxonomy.

Skills become the seventh first-class resource class — same numerical ranking, same registry discipline, same kernel-stability protections as models, humans, APIs, content sources, agents, and IoT devices. Sub-stages emerge from skill taxonomy via the decomposability test (C513) so new abstractions extend the registry without destabilising the kernel.

PLAN RESEARCH EXECUTE VERIFY DEPLOY CONFIRM ATTEST FEEDBACK

Hot-swap registration with in-flight packet invariance (C516) lets the registry evolve without breaking executing packets. Memory-layer stamping (C517) routes skill output through the trust-weighted hierarchical memory protocol. Compression-hints metadata (C523–C525) let sentinels read packet telemetry at O(1) without touching payloads — same architecture as standardised CDR retention in telco compliance, applied to AI orchestration.

Patent Portfolio · IP Australia

583 Athena claims across 8 filings.

Athena's patent stack covers self-improving methodology, multi-LLM trust ranking, reasoning path indexing, packetized intelligence lifecycle, the Skill Registry Protocol, robot team coordination memory, and typed human-derived ground truth as a first-class L0 resource. Filed in eight tranches between March and April 2026, with priority dates locked pre-NIST-standards-conversation.

Athena Provisional + Supps 1–7
560 claims
7 filings · 3 March – 14 April 2026
Self-improving methodology, multi-LLM trust ranking (SignalRank 3D scoring), reasoning path indexing, per-user personalisation, training data detection, agent team orchestration, packetized intelligence lifecycle, constitutional recommendation, metadata envelope and sentinel taxonomy.
Athena Supp #8
23 claims
AU 2026904140 · 30 April 2026
Skill Registry Protocol foundation (C511–C516), SRP memory integration (C517–C519), team-scoped coordination memory (C520–C522), metadata envelope compression bridge (C523–C525), bipolar signal taxonomy (C526–C528), robot team coordination + cross-modal skill selection (C529–C531), typed human-derived ground truth as first-class L0 resource (C532–C533).
583
Athena claims · 8 filings · all Patent Pending
Half of a 1028+ claim Violet Shores portfolio across 16 filings. Read the origin →
Standards Engagement

Building the implementations that inform standards.

Standards don't emerge from standards bodies. They emerge from practice. Athena OS is architecturally aligned to public standards work on AI agent identity, authorisation, and delegation — and the protocol stack maps directly to the requirements those bodies have already published.

NIST CAISI · NIST-2025-0035
Security Considerations for Artificial Intelligence Agents
Submitted to NIST's Collaborative Approach to AI Standards and Innovation listening sessions. Athena OS provides the identification, authorization, access delegation, logging, and non-repudiation primitives the docket requested.
NIST NCCoE · AI Agent Identity Project
Accelerating the Adoption of Software and AI Agent Identity and Authorization
Concept paper submitted proposing VAC Protocol as a reference architecture for the demonstration project. Architecturally mapped against OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SPIFFE/SPIRE, SCIM, and NGAC primitives.
Public protocol foundations
COPS RFC 2748 · oneM2M · IEEE PKI
Athena OS extends COPS (RFC 2748, IETF January 2000) policy decision/enforcement model, oneM2M Service Layer specifications for IoT device coordination, and IEEE PKI infrastructure for hardware-rooted identity. Built on standards, then patented at the integration architecture layer.