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Layer overview
Reference · livelayer:3-transport
Transport overview
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Attributes
displayName
Transport
position
3
path
compute
scope
Wire and client path between agent core and provider.
summary
The protocol and client path that carries inference requests from an
`AgentCoreImpl` to a `Provider`, plus optional proxies or gateways that
interpose between them. This layer is modeled as one top-level layer; wire
protocol, client library, and proxy behavior are responsibilities/examples,
not nested layer nodes.
responsibilities
- Encode request, response, streaming, tool-call, and error payloads.
- Run the in-process client or adapter that speaks the provider protocol.
- Optionally route through a proxy, gateway, recorder, or policy interposer.
examples
- OpenAI Responses, OpenAI Chat Completions, Anthropic Messages, Gemini GenerateContent.
- HTTP, SSE, WebSocket, gRPC, OpenAI-compatible gateways.
- LangChain chat-model adapters and transport clients.
fitNotes
Custom-agent frameworks often hide transport behind model abstractions.
Gateway products may occupy mostly this layer while delegating core/runtime
behavior upward.
Outgoing edges
None.
Incoming edges
bridges_protocol_type1
- mux:transport-mux·Muxtransport-mux
documents13
- page:agent-generate-universal-agentic-stack-orientation·PageUniversal Agentic Stack Orientation
- page:agent-generate-universal-agentic-stack-builder-fit·PageBuilder and Product Fit
- page:agent-generate-universal-agentic-stack-landscape-diagram·PageUniversal Agentic Stack Landscape Diagram
- page:agent-generate-universal-agentic-stack-placement-checklist·PagePlacement Checklist
- page:agent-generate-universal-agentic-stack-worked-examples·PageWorked Examples
- page:agent-generate-universal-agentic-stack-common-confusions·PageCommon Confusions
- page:agent-generate-universal-agentic-stack-comparison-matrix·PageComparison Matrix
- page:agent-generate-universal-agentic-stack-review-template·PageReview Template
- page:agent-generate-universal-agentic-stack-faq·PageFAQ
- page:agent-generate-universal-agentic-stack·PageUniversal Agentic Stack
- page:agent-generate-universal-agentic-stack-layers·PageUniversal Agentic Stack Layers
- page:agent-generate-universal-agentic-stack-source-map·PageUniversal Agentic Stack Source Map
- page:views-agent-stack-tower·PageAgent Stack Tower
realizes15
- mcp-transport:websocket·MCPTransportWebSocket (non-standard)
- model-transport:anthropic-messages·ModelTransportProtocolAnthropic Messages
- model-transport:bedrock-converse·ModelTransportProtocolAWS Bedrock Converse
- model-transport:bedrock-invoke·ModelTransportProtocolAWS Bedrock InvokeModel
- model-transport:azure-foundry·ModelTransportProtocolAzure AI Foundry Chat Completions
- model-transport:passthrough·ModelTransportProtocolPassthrough upstream protocol
- model-transport:gemini-generate-content·ModelTransportProtocolGemini generateContent
- model-transport:github-copilot·ModelTransportProtocolGitHub Copilot
- model-transport:openai-chat-completions·ModelTransportProtocolOpenAI Chat Completions
- model-transport:openai-compat·ModelTransportProtocolOpenAI-compatible chat completions
- model-transport:openai-responses·ModelTransportProtocolOpenAI Responses
- model-transport:openrouter·ModelTransportProtocolOpenRouter
- model-transport:vertex-anthropic-messages·ModelTransportProtocolVertex AI — Anthropic Messages
- transport-proxy:agent-mux-proxy·TransportProxyAgent-Mux Proxy
- stack-part:krate-agent-mux-client·StackPartKrate Agent Mux Client