nSLIP Protocol

# Natural Language (68 tokens)
"I need you to create a plan for implementing a health-check endpoint 
for the authentication service. This is a medium priority task. 
Please develop an approach and let me know your proposed solution."

# nSLIP (12 tokens)
REQ/TSK|g=42,t=1,p=2,@=auth_healthcheck

<act>/<frame>|<slots>

where:
  act   = What the message does (REQUEST, PROPOSE, INFORM, etc.)
  frame = What domain it's about (TASK, PLAN, OBSERVATION, etc.)
  slots = Key-value pairs carrying the payload

# Coordinator assigns task to planner
REQ/TSK|g=42,t=1,p=2,@=auth_refactor

# Planner proposes approach
PRO/PLN|g=42,t=1,p=2,@=plan_incremental

# Coordinator accepts
ACC/PLN|g=42,t=1

# Executor reports completion
INF/OBS|g=42,t=1,r=1,s=done,@=tests_pass

# Critic evaluates
EVL/EVL|g=42,t=1,sc=8,@=good_coverage

# Rejection with reason
REJ/PLN|g=42,t=1,!=scope_too_large,@=needs_breakdown

from enum import Enum
from dataclasses import dataclass

class Act(Enum):
    REQUEST = "REQ"
    PROPOSE = "PRO"
    INFORM = "INF"
    EVAL = "EVL"
    ACCEPT = "ACC"
    REJECT = "REJ"

def encode_message(msg: SlipMessage) -> str:
    """Encode to wire format."""
    slot_str = ",".join(
        f"{slot.value}={value}" 
        for slot, value in msg.slots.items()
    )
    return f"{msg.act.value}/{msg.frame.value}|{slot_str}"

def decode_message(wire: str) -> SlipMessage:
    """Decode from wire format."""
    header, slot_str = wire.split("|")
    act_code, frame_code = header.split("/")
    # ... parsing logic
    return SlipMessage(act=Act(act_code), ...)

# Training example for planner agent
"""
Prompt:
You are a planner agent. You receive a REQUEST/TASK message.
Reply with a single PROPOSE/PLAN nSLIP message.

Current message:
REQ/TSK|g=42,t=42,p=2,@=goal_42

Goal[42]: Implement health-check endpoint for auth service.

Target:
PRO/PLN|g=42,t=42,p=2,@=plan_incremental
"""