AI Agents Inventory and Attributes - Descriptive attributes for the AI Agents Inventory
AI Agents Inventory and Attributes
Chapter 10. Descriptive attributes for the AI Agents Inventory
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Core Concepts
| Concept | Definition & Strategic Role |
|---|---|
| Semantic Identifier | The permanent, human-readable, convention-based identifier that makes an agent traversable across the Enterprise Model without ambiguity. |
| Identity vs. the model | An agent is named and identified as an actor in its own right, distinct from the model that drives it. |
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Descriptive attributes capture the core identity of each AI agent: how it is identified, named, and described as a distinct governed actor.
| Attribute Name | Maturity | Description and Notes |
|---|---|---|
| UID | Crawl | Description — A machine-readable, system-generated identifier from any source platform that created or imported the agent record. Benefit(s) — Supports integration and reconciliation with the platform-native registries and identity systems an agent is harvested from. Source — Manual. Examples — a4f9c2e1-... Notes — Optional; carried when a source system supplies one. |
| Semantic ID | Crawl | Description — The natural-language identifier assigned to the agent following the enterprise naming convention; human-readable, structured, and permanent. Benefit(s) — The connective tissue of the Enterprise Model — enables unambiguous cross-inventory traversal to the agent’s model, owner, and integrations. Source — Manual. Examples — AGT-SUPPORT-TIER1-RETURNS; AGT-OPS-INCIDENT-TRIAGE Notes — Mandatory. Once assigned, permanent and never reused. |
| Display Name | Crawl | Description — The plain-English name of the agent as it appears in reports, catalogs, and interfaces. Benefit(s) — Gives people a readable handle distinct from the structured Semantic ID. Source — Manual. Examples — Returns Support Agent; Incident Triage Agent Notes — Mandatory. |
| Description | Crawl | Description — A comprehensive description of what the agent does, on whose behalf, and how it differs from adjacent agents — written so both a reader and another agent can understand it. Benefit(s) — Establishes shared understanding and supports AI-assisted discovery and routing. Source — Manual. Notes — Mandatory. |
| Agent Version | Walk | Description — The version of this specific agent configuration (its instructions, tools, and guardrails), distinct from the version of the model it runs on. Benefit(s) — Lets governance tie behavior, evaluations, and attestations to the exact configuration in effect at a point in time. Source — Manual. Examples — v3.2 Notes — Agents change frequently; version-at-time-of-action matters for audit. |
Aliases and Alternative Names [Multi-Value] | Walk | Description — Other names by which the agent is known across teams or platforms. Benefit(s) — Improves discovery and reconciliation across platform-native registries that name the same agent differently. Source — Manual. Examples — Returns Bot; RMA Assistant |
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