{"version":"1.0","updated":"2026-04-15","url":"https://verifimind.ysenseai.org/research","license":"CC BY 4.0","papers":[{"id":"five-layer-stack","title":"The 5-Layer Agent Protocol Stack: Where MACP Fits (and Why ANP Is Not a Competitor)","authors":["T (CTO, Manus AI)","L (GodelAI)","XV (CIO, Perplexity)"],"date":"2026-04-15","tags":["Protocol Architecture","Competitive Analysis","AI Council Validated"],"url":"https://verifimind.ysenseai.org/research#five-layer-stack","discussion":"https://github.com/creator35lwb-web/VerifiMind-PEAS/discussions/143","abstract":"The agent protocol ecosystem has matured into a 5-layer stack. MCP (Layer 2), ANP (Layer 3), A2A (Layer 4), and MACP (Layer 5) address fundamentally different problems. MACP remains the only protocol at Layer 5 (trust and validation). ANP operates at Layer 3 (network discovery). They are complementary, not competitive."},{"id":"market-intelligence-week16","title":"Market Intelligence: Agent Protocol Ecosystem — Week 16 (April 8–15, 2026)","authors":["T (CTO, Manus AI)"],"date":"2026-04-15","tags":["Market Intelligence","Ecosystem Analysis","Weekly Report"],"url":"https://verifimind.ysenseai.org/research#market-intelligence-week16","discussion":"https://github.com/creator35lwb-web/VerifiMind-PEAS/discussions/144","abstract":"10+ protocols in active development. 0 protocols at Layer 5. Independent researchers are converging on the same provenance gap across MCP, A2A, ACP, and ANP — the same mitigation MACP provides."},{"id":"white-paper","title":"VerifiMind-PEAS Canonical White Paper","authors":["Alton Lee","YSenseAI Research"],"date":"2025","tags":["Academic","Prior Art","Zenodo"],"url":"https://verifimind.ysenseai.org/research#white-paper","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.17645665","abstract":"The foundational methodology behind VerifiMind-PEAS — the Prompt Engineering Agents Standardization framework and its validation-first architecture — formally published with a permanent DOI for academic citation and prior art."}]}