Slipstream Protocol Reference

Overview

Slipstream (SLIP) is a semantic quantization protocol for efficient multi-agent coordination. Instead of transmitting verbose natural language, agents communicate via compact references to a shared semantic codebook (UCR).

Key benefit: 70-80% token reduction vs JSON-wrapped messages.

Wire Format

SLIP v1 <src> <dst> <anchor> [payload...]

• SLIP v1 - Protocol marker and version
• <src> - Source agent identifier
• <dst> - Destination agent identifier
• <anchor> - UCR semantic anchor (the intent)
• [payload...] - Optional unquantizable content