References¶
Complete reference material for MAS Lab: YAML manifests, JSON/YAML schemas, runtime contracts, and lab benchmarking. New to the vocabulary? Start with the glossary.
Specifications¶
Declarative YAML kinds and how they compose.
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| Overview & composition | Manifest overview |
| Agent | agent.md · governance.md (spec.governance) |
| MAS & workflow | mas.md |
| Overlay | overlay.md |
| Flavour & environment | flavour.md, infra.md |
| Workspace file | user-config.md, config.schema.yaml |
| Schemas (all) | Schema index |
| Contracts | Contracts |
Runtime¶
Execution kernel, contracts, and plugins (mas-runtime, mas-ctl).
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| Runtime manifests (Agent, MAS, overlay) | Manifest fields |
| Context window, summarization, pinned prompt parts, cache and token usage | Context management |
Reliability (retries, circuit, error_policy, logging) |
reliability.md |
| Contracts & Mealy envelope | Contracts · runtime package docs |
| Thin waist (plugin vs catalog) | thin-waist.md |
| Snapshots vs checkpoints | snapshots.md |
| Kernel operations | kernel-primitives.md |
CLI (mas-ctl, mas-runtime) |
ctl user guide |
| Web UI | ui/index.md |
| Run logs | Observability |
Lab & benchmarks¶
Experiments, datasets, pipelines, and analysis (mas-lab).
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| Experiment manifest | experiment.md |
| Dataset | dataset.md |
| Pipeline steps | pipeline.md |
| Interactive lab demo | lab.md |
| Bench design & steps | Lab package docs |
| Package map | libraries.md |
See also¶
- User guide — install and day-to-day workflows
- Tutorials — hands-on tutorials (agents → teams → experiments)
- Paper labs — reproduce Section 5 of the article
- Web UI — design and inspect in the browser