Agent Trace RFC
Agent Trace is a new open specification aimed at tracking AI-generated code contributions alongside human authorship. It establishes a vendor-neutral format for recording attribution data in version-controlled codebases. The specification focuses on interoperability, granularity, and extensibility while not addressing code ownership or quality assessment.
- ▪Agent Trace defines a standard for recording AI contributions in code.
- ▪The specification allows for detailed attribution at file and line levels.
- ▪It is designed to be human-readable and does not require specific interfaces.
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Agent Trace Version: 0.1.0 Status: RFC Date: January 2026 Abstract Agent Trace is an open specification for tracking AI-generated code. It provides a vendor-neutral format for recording AI contributions alongside human authorship in version-controlled codebases. Table of Contents Motivation Goals Non-Goals Terminology Architecture Overview Core Specification Extensibility Reference Implementation Appendix 1. Motivation As agents write more code, it's important to understand what came from AI versus humans. This attribution is both the models used as well as the related agent conversations. Agent Trace defines an open, interoperable standard for recording this attribution data. 2. Goals Interoperability: Any compliant tool can read and write attribution data.
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