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Fundamentals

“Fundamentals” covers the two layers that underpin the ARP ecosystem:

  • COP (Capability Oriented Programming) defines what we mean by a capability: a bounded unit of work you can evaluate, publish, and reuse with evidence.
  • ARP Standard turns that COP idea into concrete, versioned objects and APIs:
    • capabilities become NodeType records (catalog entries with schemas and metadata),
    • executions become NodeRun records (instances with inputs/outputs/events),
    • Runs, candidate sets, policy decisions, events, and artifacts make the lifecycle operational.

The JARVIS stack is the first-party OSS implementation of the ARP Standard services and the default place where these concepts become running code.

How to use this section​

  • Start with COP if you want the mindset/lifecycle.
  • Use ARP Concepts to learn the concrete objects (NodeTypes, NodeRuns, candidate sets, policy checkpoints, artifacts).
  • Use How-to Guides for copy/paste recipes.