"LIA" PROTOCOL
Working draft · Apache 2.0
An open specification

"LIA"

Layered Intelligence Architecture

An open architectural specification for AI products that treat reasoning as durable infrastructure. A working draft is under private review and will publish openly in the coming weeks.

Where it sits
Layered Intelligence Architecture
"LIA" PROTOCOL the architecture MCP · AGENT SPEC · A2A the connective layer FOUNDATION MODELS the substrate feedback feedback

LIA is the architecture. It sits above the protocols that connect, and the models that run, and the loop is always closing.

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Reasoning as durable infrastructure. Not a property of a model checkpoint. A structured, declarable, refinable artefact in its own right.
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Four layers, five node types. Formal inter-layer contracts. Profile-extensible across domains as different as creative work, support, and research.
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The loop is always closing. Outputs generate signals. Signals update declared state. The system gets better at deciding over time.