# NLIP - Natural Language Interaction Protocol

## Scope

[nlip_project](https://github.com/nlip-project) is the official organization working space for [Ecma TC56 NLIP](https://ecma-international.org/technical-committees/tc56/), operating under the [governance](https://ecma-international.org/) of Ecma International. Project governance is described [here](https://github.com/nlip-project/documents/blob/main/templates/governance_community).

The purpose of this organization is to facilitate the development and maintenance of a royalty-free open source protocol for intelligent agents to communicate with each other using natural language. The organization also contains reference implementations of the protocol and end-points.  

All people creating a repository in this organization agree to conform to the guidelines enumerated in the boilerplate repository. The boilerplate repository lists a code of conduct and best practices for each repository. 

Developer documentation can be found at [https://nlip-project.org](https://nlip-project.github.io/.github/#/).

## Completed milestones

- 10 December 2025: [Ecma International approves NLIP standards suite for universal AI agent communication](https://ecma-international.org/news/ecma-international-approves-nlip-standards-suite-for-universal-ai-agent-communication/)
- 17 July 2025: [Call for participation and comments on revised NLIP specification and new WebSocket binding](https://ecma-international.org/news/call-for-participation-and-comments-on-revised-nlip-specification-and-new-websocket-binding/)
- 15 May 2025: [Call for participation on NLIP for communication with AI agents standardization](https://ecma-international.org/news/call-for-participation-on-natural-language-interaction-protocol-for-communication-with-ai-agents-standardization/)

## Upcoming milestones
- 25 January, 2026: Submission of Standard Specifications to ISO
- 28 February, 2026: Reference Implementation of NLIP providing interoperability to Claude skills
- 31 March, 2026: Reference Implementation of Easy to Use NLIP based Demonstrator Agents 

## Community

NLIP open-source community engagement and support is managed by the [AI Alliance](https://thealliance.ai/community). Learn more about AI Alliance projects [here](https://thealliance.ai/governance).