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+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - run: uv sync
+      - run: uv run ruff check
+      - run: uv run mypy src
+      - run: uv run pytest

concordat-0.0.1/.github/workflows/publish.yml

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+name: Publish
+
+# Runs when a GitHub release is published. Uses PyPI trusted publishing:
+# no API token is stored anywhere; PyPI trusts this workflow directly.
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: pypi
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # lets PyPI verify this workflow's identity
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+      - name: Check the release tag matches the package version
+        run: |
+          version=$(uv version --short)
+          test "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = "v${version}" || {
+            echo "Tag ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} does not match package version v${version}"; exit 1; }
+      - run: uv sync
+      - run: uv run pytest
+      - run: uv build
+      - run: uv publish

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+*.py[cod]
+.venv/
+dist/
+build/
+*.egg-info/
+.mypy_cache/
+.pytest_cache/
+.ruff_cache/

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+Metadata-Version: 2.5
+Name: concordat
+Version: 0.0.1
+Summary: Typed sessions for AI agents: protocols the runtime enforces on the model.
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/miladsikaroudi/concordat
+Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/miladsikaroudi/concordat
+Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/miladsikaroudi/concordat/issues
+Project-URL: Documentation, https://github.com/miladsikaroudi/concordat/blob/main/docs/design.md
+Author: miladsikaroudi
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+License-File: LICENSE
+Keywords: agents,claude,llm,openai,protocols,session types,typestate
+Classifier: Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
+Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
+Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence
+Classifier: Typing :: Typed
+Requires-Python: >=3.10
+Provides-Extra: anthropic
+Requires-Dist: anthropic<2,>=1.12; extra == 'anthropic'
+Provides-Extra: openai
+Requires-Dist: openai<4,>=3.26; extra == 'openai'
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+
+# concordat
+
+**Typed sessions for AI agents.** Agents are objects whose interfaces are protocols,
+and the runtime enforces those protocols on the model.
+
+> Status: pre-alpha. Agent classes, the protocol/session/budget kernel, and runners for
+> Claude (Anthropic) and OpenAI work. See [docs/design.md](https://github.com/miladsikaroudi/concordat/blob/main/docs/design.md).
+
+## Why
+
+"Never refund before verifying identity" usually lives in a prompt and is hoped for.
+Concordat makes it a checked protocol:
+
+- **Protocol fidelity:** the session follows the declared order of turns.
+- **Least privilege per step:** the model only gets the tools legal in the current state.
+- **Bounded spend:** tokens, tool calls and dollars stay within budget, even across handoffs.
+
+## Example
+
+```python
+from concordat import Agent, Budget, human, tool
+
+class RefundAgent(Agent):
+    final = {"refunded", "denied"}
+    budget = Budget(tool_calls=10)
+
+    @tool(when="start", then={True: "verified", False: "denied"})
+    def verify_identity(self, user_id: str) -> bool:
+        return lookup(user_id).verified
+
+    @tool(when="verified", then="awaiting_approval")
+    def propose_refund(self, amount: float) -> float:
+        return amount
+
+    @human(when="awaiting_approval", approve="refunded", reject="denied")
+    def approve_refund(self, amount: float) -> str:
+        return f"Refund ${amount}?"         # shown to the human approver
+
+agent = RefundAgent()          # protocol already checked when the class was defined
+agent.allowed_tools()          # {'verify_identity': ...}: all the model gets to see
+agent.propose_refund(5000)     # ProtocolViolation, raised before the body runs
+```
+
+### Running it with Claude
+
+```bash
+pip install "concordat[anthropic]"
+```
+
+```python
+import anthropic
+from concordat.anthropic import run
+
+result = run(RefundAgent(), anthropic.Anthropic(), "Please refund order A-100.")
+result.status   # "done", or "waiting" if Claude asked the user something
+```
+
+Each turn Claude is offered only the actions legal in the current state (a human
+step appears as a request that only the approver can decide), one call per
+response. Every response's tokens are charged to the agent's budget, and the next
+response is capped to what is left. Illegal or invalid calls go back to Claude as
+errors so it can correct itself. See [examples/refund.py](https://github.com/miladsikaroudi/concordat/blob/main/examples/refund.py).
+
+### Running it with OpenAI
+
+The same loop over the Responses API (`pip install "concordat[openai]"`):
+
+```python
+import openai
+from concordat.openai import run
+
+result = run(RefundAgent(), openai.OpenAI(), "Please refund order A-100.", model="...")
+```
+
+### Without classes
+
+The same protocol, using the kernel directly:
+
+```python
+from concordat import Budget, Protocol, Session
+
+refund = Protocol(
+    "start",
+    {
+        "start": {"verify_identity": {"verified", "denied"}},
+        "verified": {"propose_refund": {"awaiting_approval"}},
+        "awaiting_approval": {"human.approve": {"refunded"}, "human.reject": {"denied"}},
+    },
+    final={"refunded", "denied"},
+)  # checked here: no dead ends, no unreachable states
+
+session = Session(refund, Budget(tokens=50_000, tool_calls=10))
+session.allowed_actions()           # {'verify_identity'}: only these tools go to the model
+session.step("propose_refund")      # ProtocolViolation: not allowed in state 'start'
+```
+
+Handing work to another agent splits the budget, and the parent can't spend it twice:
+
+```python
+child_budget = session.budget.split(tokens=10_000, tool_calls=3)
+```
+
+## Development
+
+```bash
+uv sync
+uv run pytest
+uv run mypy src
+uv run ruff check
+```
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0

concordat-0.0.1/README.md

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+# concordat
+
+**Typed sessions for AI agents.** Agents are objects whose interfaces are protocols,
+and the runtime enforces those protocols on the model.
+
+> Status: pre-alpha. Agent classes, the protocol/session/budget kernel, and runners for
+> Claude (Anthropic) and OpenAI work. See [docs/design.md](https://github.com/miladsikaroudi/concordat/blob/main/docs/design.md).
+
+## Why
+
+"Never refund before verifying identity" usually lives in a prompt and is hoped for.
+Concordat makes it a checked protocol:
+
+- **Protocol fidelity:** the session follows the declared order of turns.
+- **Least privilege per step:** the model only gets the tools legal in the current state.
+- **Bounded spend:** tokens, tool calls and dollars stay within budget, even across handoffs.
+
+## Example
+
+```python
+from concordat import Agent, Budget, human, tool
+
+class RefundAgent(Agent):
+    final = {"refunded", "denied"}
+    budget = Budget(tool_calls=10)
+
+    @tool(when="start", then={True: "verified", False: "denied"})
+    def verify_identity(self, user_id: str) -> bool:
+        return lookup(user_id).verified
+
+    @tool(when="verified", then="awaiting_approval")
+    def propose_refund(self, amount: float) -> float:
+        return amount
+
+    @human(when="awaiting_approval", approve="refunded", reject="denied")
+    def approve_refund(self, amount: float) -> str:
+        return f"Refund ${amount}?"         # shown to the human approver
+
+agent = RefundAgent()          # protocol already checked when the class was defined
+agent.allowed_tools()          # {'verify_identity': ...}: all the model gets to see
+agent.propose_refund(5000)     # ProtocolViolation, raised before the body runs
+```
+
+### Running it with Claude
+
+```bash
+pip install "concordat[anthropic]"
+```
+
+```python
+import anthropic
+from concordat.anthropic import run
+
+result = run(RefundAgent(), anthropic.Anthropic(), "Please refund order A-100.")
+result.status   # "done", or "waiting" if Claude asked the user something
+```
+
+Each turn Claude is offered only the actions legal in the current state (a human
+step appears as a request that only the approver can decide), one call per
+response. Every response's tokens are charged to the agent's budget, and the next
+response is capped to what is left. Illegal or invalid calls go back to Claude as
+errors so it can correct itself. See [examples/refund.py](https://github.com/miladsikaroudi/concordat/blob/main/examples/refund.py).
+
+### Running it with OpenAI
+
+The same loop over the Responses API (`pip install "concordat[openai]"`):
+
+```python
+import openai
+from concordat.openai import run
+
+result = run(RefundAgent(), openai.OpenAI(), "Please refund order A-100.", model="...")
+```
+
+### Without classes
+
+The same protocol, using the kernel directly:
+
+```python
+from concordat import Budget, Protocol, Session
+
+refund = Protocol(
+    "start",
+    {
+        "start": {"verify_identity": {"verified", "denied"}},
+        "verified": {"propose_refund": {"awaiting_approval"}},
+        "awaiting_approval": {"human.approve": {"refunded"}, "human.reject": {"denied"}},
+    },
+    final={"refunded", "denied"},
+)  # checked here: no dead ends, no unreachable states
+
+session = Session(refund, Budget(tokens=50_000, tool_calls=10))
+session.allowed_actions()           # {'verify_identity'}: only these tools go to the model
+session.step("propose_refund")      # ProtocolViolation: not allowed in state 'start'
+```
+
+Handing work to another agent splits the budget, and the parent can't spend it twice:
+
+```python
+child_budget = session.budget.split(tokens=10_000, tool_calls=3)
+```
+
+## Development
+
+```bash
+uv sync
+uv run pytest
+uv run mypy src
+uv run ruff check
+```
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0

concordat-0.0.1/docs/design.md

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+# Concordat — design (v0.1)
+
+*Typed sessions for AI agents: agents are objects whose interfaces are protocols,
+and the runtime enforces those protocols on the model.*
+
+## Problem
+
+Agent frameworks let a model call any tool, in any order, at any cost, and check
+policy afterwards (if at all). "Never refund before verifying identity" lives in a
+prompt and is hoped for. Real deployments need three guarantees the prompt cannot
+give:
+
+1. **Protocol fidelity** — the conversation follows a declared order of turns.
+2. **Least privilege per step** — the model only sees the tools that are legal *now*.
+3. **Bounded spend** — tokens, tool calls and money stay within a declared budget,
+   including across handoffs to other agents.
+
+## Idea
+
+Borrow the object-oriented model developers already know, and give it the
+discipline of session types / typestate:
+
+| OOP | Concordat |
+|---|---|
+| class | agent template: protocol + instructions + tools + budget |
+| object | a live `Session` with its own state |
+| interface | a `Protocol`: states and the actions legal in each |
+| method | a tool or turn, callable only in certain states |
+| composition | handoff: delegate a sub-session with a slice of the budget |
+
+Unlike an ordinary object, the implementation (the model) can't be trusted to keep
+its interface. So the protocol is not documentation — it is enforced on every turn.
+
+## Core concepts
+
+- **Protocol** — a finite state machine: an initial state, final states, and for
+  each state the actions allowed and the states each action may lead to. Checked
+  when it is defined: no undefined states, no unreachable states, and every state
+  can still reach a final state (no dead ends).
+- **Action** — a tool call, a model turn, or a human decision (`human.approve`).
+  Humans are just another party with actions in the protocol.
+- **Session** — a protocol instance. It tracks the current state, exposes
+  `allowed_actions()`, and rejects anything else with `ProtocolViolation`.
+- **Budget** — tokens, tool calls and USD. Spending is checked; `split()` carves
+  out a child budget and removes it from the parent (linear: it can't be spent twice).
+- **Handoff** — starting a child session on another agent with a split budget; the
+  parent stays in a waiting state until the child finishes.
+
+## Enforcement, per turn
+
+On each model turn the runtime derives from the current state:
+
+1. the **tool list** passed to the provider (only allowed actions), and
+2. the **output schema** (structured output / grammar) for that state, and
+3. the **remaining budget** (max tokens, stop if exhausted).
+
+Then a **monitor** validates whatever comes back before any side effect runs.
+Layer 1–2 prevent most violations; layer 3 catches the rest, so it works even with
+providers that offer no decoding control.
+
+## Agent classes
+
+```python
+class RefundAgent(Agent):
+    final = {"refunded", "denied"}          # initial state defaults to "start"
+    budget = Budget(tokens=50_000, tool_calls=10)
+
+    @tool(when="start", then={True: "verified", False: "denied"})
+    def verify_identity(self, user_id: str) -> bool: ...
+
+    @tool(when="verified", then="awaiting_approval")
+    def propose_refund(self, amount: float) -> Proposal: ...
+
+    @human(when="awaiting_approval", approve="refunded", reject="denied")
+    def approve_refund(self, proposal: Proposal) -> str:
+        return f"Refund {proposal.amount}?"   # shown to the approver
+```
+
+- The decorators compile to a `Protocol`, checked when the class is defined; a bad
+  protocol is a `ProtocolError` at import time.
+- Declaring `final` makes a class concrete. Classes without it are abstract bases,
+  so protocols can be specialised by inheritance.
+- Calling a tool outside its state raises `ProtocolViolation` *before* the body
+  runs. Each call charges one tool call to the instance's own copy of the budget.
+- `then` is a single next state, or a mapping from the method's return value to the
+  next state. Branching is chosen by the tool result, or by which of several
+  allowed tools the model calls.
+- `@human` steps can be *requested* by the model but only *decided* by the agent's
+  `approver`, which receives the method's return value. Offering the request keeps
+  the model from stalling in a state where only a human can move the protocol on.
+- `instructions` is the agent's system prompt.
+- Decorated methods keep their signatures for type checkers.
+
+## Scope
+
+**v0.1 (this milestone)**
+- `Protocol`, `Session`, `Budget` kernel with definition-time checks — *done*
+- `Agent` class with `@tool` / `@human` decorators — *done (sync only)*
+- Async tools and approvers
+- Anthropic runner (`concordat.anthropic.run`): allowed tools per state, one call
+  per response, token charging with per-response caps, refusal fallbacks — *done*
+- OpenAI runner (`concordat.openai.run`, Responses API) — *done*
+- Output schema per state (structured outputs), beyond tool arguments
+- Human approval connector (CLI first)
+- Showcase: a τ³-bench airline or retail domain, typed vs. untyped agent
+
+**Later**
+- Open models via llguidance / XGrammar (true grammar-constrained decoding)
+- Multiparty protocols projected to per-agent views
+- Durable sessions (journal + resume, possibly on Temporal / Restate / DBOS)
+- TypeScript port
+
+**Non-goals**
+- Replacing agent frameworks. Concordat should sit inside them.
+- Proving model outputs are *correct* — only that they are *allowed*.
+
+## Related work
+
+- **ZipperGen** (Bollig, Függer, Nowak, 2026) — projects message-sequence-chart
+  workflows to deadlock-free agent programs; durable replay. Concordat differs by
+  constraining the model's turns from the protocol state, budgets, and delegation.
+- **XFlow / XPF** (2026) — protocol state gates tools and human approvals at
+  runtime. Concordat derives the gates from a checked protocol.
+- **Mungo / StMungo** (Gay, Vasconcelos et al.) — typestate for Java objects; the
+  closest object-oriented ancestor.
+- **Pact** (2026) — choreographic language for agent ecosystems with game theory.
+- Runtime guardrails (AgentSpec, ContrAgent, AgentLTL) and durable execution
+  (Temporal, Restate, DBOS) solve pieces of the problem separately.
+
+## Open questions
+
+- How to declare "free" regions where the model may loop without strict ordering.
+- How strict to be by default: reject, retry with feedback, or escalate to a human.