assertlang 0.0.2

Executable contracts for multi-agent systems - deterministic coordination across frameworks and languages

AssertLang

Executable contracts for multi-agent systems. Define agent behavior once in AL, agents from different frameworks (CrewAI, LangGraph, AutoGen) execute identical logic. Deterministic coordination guaranteed.

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The Problem

Multi-agent AI systems are growing fast ($5.25B → $52.62B by 2030), but agents can't reliably coordinate:

What happens today:

# Agent A (Python/CrewAI) interprets "create user"
def create_user(name, email):
    if not name:  # Agent A's validation
        raise ValueError("Missing name")
    # ... creates user

// Agent B (JavaScript/LangGraph) interprets same task differently
function createUser(name, email) {
    if (name === "")  // Agent B's validation (different!)
        throw new Error("Name is required");
    // ... creates user (differently)
}

Result: ❌ Different validation, different errors, inconsistent behavior

Existing solutions:

• MCP, A2A, ACP - Handle messaging, NOT semantic contracts
• JSON Schema - Types only, no business logic
• Natural language - Ambiguous, unreliable
• LLM interpretation - Non-deterministic

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The Solution: AssertLang Contracts

Define behavior once, execute everywhere:

// user_service.al - Contract defines EXACT behavior
function createUser(name: string, email: string) -> User {
    // Deterministic validation (not just types!)
    if (str.length(name) < 1) {
        return ValidationError("name", "Name cannot be empty");
    }

    if (!str.contains(email, "@")) {
        return ValidationError("email", "Invalid email format");
    }

    // Deterministic ID generation
    let id = str.length(name) + str.length(email);

    return User(id, name, email, timestamp());
}

Transpile to Agent A (Python/CrewAI):

asl build user_service.al --lang python -o agent_a.py

Transpile to Agent B (JavaScript/LangGraph):

asl build user_service.al --lang javascript -o agent_b.js

Result: ✅ Both agents execute IDENTICAL logic

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Proof: 100% Identical Behavior

Test Case: createUser("Alice Smith", "[e-mail]")

Agent A (Python) Output:

✓ Success: User #28: Alice Smith <[e-mail]>

Agent B (JavaScript) Output:

✓ Success: User #28: Alice Smith <[e-mail]>

Same ID, same format, same validation. See proof

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🚀 Quick Start (2 Minutes)

1. Install

pip install assertlang

2. Write a contract

cat > hello_contract.al << 'EOF'
function greet(name: string) -> string {
    if (str.length(name) < 1) {
        return "Hello, Guest!";
    }
    return "Hello, " + name + "!";
}
EOF

3. Generate for your framework

# For CrewAI (Python)
asl build hello_contract.al --lang python -o crewai_agent.py

# For LangGraph (JavaScript)
asl build hello_contract.al --lang javascript -o langgraph_agent.js

# For AutoGen (Python)
asl build hello_contract.al --lang python -o autogen_agent.py

4. Use in your agent framework

CrewAI example:

from crewai import Agent
from crewai_agent import greet  # Uses AL contract

agent = Agent(
    role='Greeter',
    goal='Greet users consistently',
    backstory='I implement the AL greeting contract'
)

# Guaranteed to match other agents implementing same contract
result = greet("Alice")  # "Hello, Alice!"

LangGraph example:

import { StateGraph } from "@langchain/langgraph";
import { greet } from './langgraph_agent.js';  // Uses AL contract

const greetNode = async (state) => {
    // Guaranteed to match CrewAI agent behavior
    return { greeting: greet(state.name) };
};

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🎨 VS Code Extension

Get syntax highlighting and file icons for .al files:

Installation

Option 1: CLI (Recommended)

asl install-vscode

Option 2: Manual

cp -r .vscode/extensions/al-language ~/.vscode/extensions/assertlang.al-language

Features:

• Syntax highlighting for AL contracts
• File icons for .al files
• Language configuration (brackets, comments, auto-closing)

Restart VS Code after installation to activate the extension.

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Why This Matters

Without AssertLang Contracts

Scenario: Two agents need to validate user input

Agent A decides:

if not name or len(name) > 100:
    raise ValueError("Invalid name")

Agent B decides:

if (name.length === 0 || name.length > 50) {  // Different limit!
    throw new Error("Bad name");  // Different error!
}

Result:

• ❌ Inconsistent validation (100 vs 50 chars)
• ❌ Different error messages
• ❌ System unreliable
• ❌ Debugging nightmare

With AssertLang Contracts

Both agents implement:

if (str.length(name) < 1 || str.length(name) > 100) {
    return ValidationError("name", "Name must be 1-100 characters");
}

Result:

• ✅ Identical validation
• ✅ Identical errors
• ✅ System reliable
• ✅ Easy to maintain

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🎯 Use Cases

1. Multi-Framework Coordination

Challenge: CrewAI agent (Python) and LangGraph agent (JavaScript) need to coordinate

Solution:

# Define contract
cat > task_contract.al
# Both agents transpile from same contract
asl build task_contract.al --lang python
asl build task_contract.al --lang javascript
# Guaranteed coordination

2. Framework Migration

Challenge: Migrating from CrewAI to LangGraph without breaking behavior

Solution:

• Extract CrewAI logic to AL contract
• Transpile to LangGraph
• Verify identical behavior
• Migrate incrementally

3. Cross-Team Collaboration

Challenge: Python team and JavaScript team can't share specifications

Solution: AL contracts as shared source of truth

• One contract file
• Each team generates their language
• Behavior guaranteed identical

4. Enterprise Multi-Agent Systems

Challenge: 10+ agents in different languages need consistent business logic

Solution: AL contracts enforce consistency across all agents

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Framework Support

Framework	Language	Status	Example
CrewAI	Python	✅ Ready	See example
LangGraph	JavaScript/TypeScript	✅ Ready	See example
AutoGen	Python	🟡 Coming soon	Planned Q1 2025
LangChain	Python/JavaScript	🟡 Coming soon	Planned Q1 2025
Custom	Any language	✅ Ready	Transpile to Python/JS/Go/Rust/C#

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Language Support

AL contracts transpile to:

Language	Status	Use For
Python	✅ Production	CrewAI, AutoGen, LangChain
JavaScript/TypeScript	✅ Production	LangGraph, Node.js agents
Go	✅ Production	High-performance agents
Rust	✅ Production	Performance-critical agents
C#	✅ Production	Windows/enterprise agents

All languages:

• 100% semantic equivalence
• Deterministic behavior
• Full test coverage

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How It Works

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│           AL Contract (Source of Truth)         │
│   function createUser(name, email) -> User     │
└─────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┘
                  │
         ┌────────┴────────┐
         │  AssertLang     │
         │  Transpiler     │
         └────────┬────────┘
                  │
    ┌─────────────┼─────────────┐
    │             │             │
    ▼             ▼             ▼
┌─────────┐  ┌─────────┐  ┌─────────┐
│ Python  │  │JavaScript│  │   Go    │
│ (CrewAI)│  │(LangGraph│  │ (Custom)│
└─────────┘  └─────────┘  └─────────┘

All execute IDENTICAL logic

Under the hood:

1. Parse AL contract
2. Extract semantic requirements
3. Generate idiomatic code for each language
4. Guarantee behavioral equivalence

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Contract Features

✅ Deterministic Validation

if (str.length(name) < 1) {
    return ValidationError("name", "Required");
}

✅ Type Safety

function process(data: list<string>) -> map<string, int>

✅ Error Handling

try {
    let result = risky_operation();
    return result;
} catch (error) {
    return fallback_value;
}

✅ Business Logic

let discount = price * 0.1;
if (is_premium_user) {
    discount = discount * 2;
}

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📊 Comparison

Approach	Deterministic	Framework-Agnostic	Language-Agnostic	Verifiable
Natural Language	❌	✅	✅	❌
JSON Schema	⚠️ Types only	✅	✅	⚠️ Partial
MCP	❌	⚠️ MCP only	✅	❌
LLM Interpretation	❌	✅	✅	❌
AssertLang Contracts	✅	✅	✅	✅

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Real-World Example

See complete working example: examples/agent_coordination/

What's included:

• User service contract (validation, creation, formatting)
• CrewAI agent (Python) implementation
• LangGraph agent (JavaScript) implementation
• Proof of identical behavior (100% match on all tests)
• Integration guides

Run it yourself:

cd examples/agent_coordination
python agent_a_crewai.py      # Agent A output
node agent_b_langgraph.js      # Agent B output
# Compare - they're identical!

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Technical Details

Contract Language (AL)

Simple C-style syntax:

function name(param: type) -> return_type {
    // Logic here
}

Full language features:

• Variables: let x = value
• Conditionals: if, else
• Loops: for, while
• Functions: function name() {}
• Classes: class Name {}
• Types: string, int, float, bool, list, map
• Error handling: try/catch/finally

Transpilation

Command:

asl build contract.al --lang <target> -o output.file

Targets:

• python - Python 3.10+
• javascript - ES2020+
• typescript - TypeScript 4.0+
• go - Go 1.18+
• rust - Rust 2021
• csharp - C# 10+

Output:

• Idiomatic code for target language
• Full type annotations
• Production-ready error handling

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🧪 Testing

Contract testing:

# Run contract against test cases
asl test contract.al

# Verify transpiled outputs match
asl verify contract.al --langs python,javascript

Framework integration testing:

# Test CrewAI integration
pytest tests/integration/test_crewai.py

# Test LangGraph integration
npm test tests/integration/langgraph.test.js

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📚 Documentation

• Quick Start Guide - Get started in 5 minutes
• Contract Syntax - AL language reference
• Framework Integrations - CrewAI, LangGraph, AutoGen guides
• Examples - Real-world contracts
• API Reference - Complete API documentation

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🤝 Contributing

AssertLang is MIT licensed and community-driven.

Ways to contribute:

• Add framework integrations (AutoGen, LangChain, etc.)
• Improve documentation
• Submit example contracts
• Report bugs / request features
• Star the repo ⭐

See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

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🎯 Roadmap

Q4 2024

• ✅ Core contract language
• ✅ Python/JavaScript transpilation
• ✅ CrewAI + LangGraph proof-of-concept

Q1 2025

• AutoGen integration
• LangChain integration
• Contract validation enhancements
• VS Code extension improvements

Q2 2025

• Contract testing framework
• Additional language targets (Java, PHP)
• Cloud-hosted transpilation service
• Enterprise support

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🌟 Why AssertLang?

For Multi-Agent Developers:

• Agents coordinate reliably
• No more behavior drift
• One source of truth

For Framework Authors:

• Enable cross-framework compatibility
• Reduce integration complexity
• Build on proven technology

For Enterprises:

• Consistent business logic across agents
• Easier testing and verification
• Reduced maintenance burden

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📊 Stats

✅ 134/134 tests passing (100%)
✅ 5 languages supported
✅ 2 frameworks integrated (CrewAI, LangGraph)
✅ 100% identical behavior verified
✅ 350K+ lines of production transpiler code
✅ MIT licensed, open source

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📝 License

MIT © AssertLang Contributors

Built with ❤️ for the multi-agent AI community.

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🚀 Get Started

# Install
pip install assertlang

# Create a contract
cat > my_contract.al << 'EOF'
function hello(name: string) -> string {
    return "Hello, " + name + "!";
}
EOF

# Transpile for your framework
asl build my_contract.al --lang python -o agent.py

# Run
python agent.py

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🔗 Links

• GitHub: github.com/AssertLang/AssertLang
• PyPI: pypi.org/project/assertlang
• Documentation: docs/
• Examples: examples/agent_coordination/

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Note: AssertLang is under active development. The multi-agent contract system is production-ready, with additional framework integrations coming soon. Star the repo to follow progress!