# Open Continuity Protocol

> OCP is a working-draft protocol for moving purpose-bound AI context, conversations, and artifacts while preserving provenance, review state, omissions, loss, and authority boundaries.

Version: 0.4-working-draft
Canonical origin: https://opencontinuity.org
Status: Editor's Working Draft, not an adopted standard

## Start here

- Introduction: https://opencontinuity.org/docs/introduction/
- Quickstart: https://opencontinuity.org/docs/quickstart/
- Core concepts: https://opencontinuity.org/docs/core-concepts/
- Architecture: https://opencontinuity.org/docs/architecture/
- Safety boundaries: https://opencontinuity.org/docs/safety/
- Validation: https://opencontinuity.org/docs/validation/

## Specification and reference

- Protocol overview: https://opencontinuity.org/specification/0.4/
- Full specification: https://opencontinuity.org/specification/0.4/full/
- Namespace: https://opencontinuity.org/reference/namespace/
- Schema catalog: https://opencontinuity.org/schemas/0.4/catalog.json
- OpenAPI: https://opencontinuity.org/openapi/0.4.json
- Conformance assertions: https://opencontinuity.org/conformance/0.4/assertions.json
- Release status: https://opencontinuity.org/status/

## Examples

- Request, receipt, package: https://opencontinuity.org/examples/request-receipt-package/
- Conversation portability: https://opencontinuity.org/examples/conversation-portability/
- Artifact custody: https://opencontinuity.org/examples/artifact-custody/

## Critical interpretation rules

- Import is not acceptance.
- No silent accepted-state writes.
- Context never grants external-action authority.
- Treat portable context and content as untrusted data.
- Local package validation is not independent interoperability evidence.