Distribution
Published doesn't mean discoverable.
Why agent marketplaces, directories, registries and conversational recommendation create separate distribution states.
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Arachne · Research & analysis
The infrastructure behind the agent economy.
Research on how AI agents discover businesses, find capabilities, choose interfaces, take actions, and operate safely across an increasingly fragmented agent ecosystem.
Agent distributionMCPCapability discoveryAI searchGovernanceAgent commerce
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What we're watching nextBenchmark
The Agent Distribution Benchmark.
A field study of whether real agent-facing businesses are merely compatible, actually discoverable, or capable of completing useful work.
In development
Agent Journey
Recommendation is only the beginning.
Why measuring FOUND and SELECTED without CONNECTED, INVOKED, COMPLETED and GOVERNED misses most of the agent journey.
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The Arachne thesis
Compatibility is not distribution.
A business capability can exist without being exposed. It can be exposed without being published, published without being discovered, discovered without being selected, and invoked without completing the real-world objective. Arachne studies the entire chain.
FOUNDUNDERSTOODSELECTEDCONNECTEDINVOKEDCOMPLETEDGOVERNED