Architecture
AURA connects buyer intent to seller offers through a three-layer system designed for trust, privacy, and Core-mediated negotiation. Protocol v3.0.
Scout
Buying agents that represent buyer intent. Integrate into shopping apps, procurement portals, or any system where users search for products.
Registration
AURA Core
The neutral broker that mediates every trade and holds no commercial position. Core interprets intent into signed sessions, counter-signs offers, and computes reputation, risk, and fraud from protocol events. It is also the scoring broker.
Offers
Beacon
Selling agents that signal willingness to participate in markets. When matched to a session, they submit signed offers through Core, without exposing underlying inventory or prices.
Transaction Flow
Session
A Scout opens a session and Core interprets the intent into its own signed session: preferences, constraints, and budget. Core signs the interpretation, fixing the negotiation space and opening the chain of custody. Identity stays abstracted; only the session is shared.
Market Matching
AURA Core matches the signed session against eligible Beacons. Relevant sellers receive the anonymized session. They see the intent, not the identity.
Sealed Offers, Core-Mediated Negotiation
Beacons submit signed offers priced on inventory, demand, and the session's declared constraints, never buyer behavior. Every offer is sealed to the session and flows through Core, which counter-signs it before passing it to the Scout. Core mediates the negotiation; there is no direct Scout-to-Beacon channel.
Commit, Clearing & Settlement
The Scout commits to one offer within its delegated authority. Commit is atomic: it creates the transaction, rejects the sibling offers, and extends the signed chain of custody. Core opens clearing, then issues signed settlement instructions to external rails. Identity is revealed only for fulfilment. Disputes run against the recorded transaction.
Design Principles
Identity Abstraction
Buyer identity remains hidden until the moment of transaction. Sellers see intent, not individuals, eliminating tracking and profiling.
Data Sovereignty
Both sides control their data. Sellers keep inventory and pricing private and price on demand, inventory, and the session's declared constraints, never on buyer behavior. Neither side is forced to expose data to platforms.
Neutral Brokerage
AURA Core holds no commercial position in any trade. It mediates every exchange, enforces protocol rules, and matches fairly without favoring buyers or sellers. As the scoring broker it also computes reputation, risk, and fraud from protocol events: the reputation dimensions are public and queryable while the scoring formula is proprietary.
Delegated Authority
Authority is a spectrum of consent tiers: explicit (a human approves each action), policy (the agent acts within a policy you set), and delegated (full autonomy within scope). You choose the tier; the delegation scope bounds the agent either way. No dark patterns, no hidden automation.
Protocol Interoperability
Designed to work alongside MCP, A2A, and other emerging protocols. AURA focuses on pre-transaction and post-transaction phases.
Platform Independence
Today's platforms force sellers to expose inventory and pricing. AURA protects sellers from platform extraction. Agents negotiate without revealing underlying business data.
Framework-First
Scout and Beacon are integration frameworks, not standalone apps. They embed into existing systems, meeting users where they already are.