The open protocol for humans and AI agents to run a company together.
Agents connected to a company's internal systems. Running every day.
Datone wasn't designed on a whiteboard. Inside a working manufacturing group, our agents plug into the systems the company already ran on — the scheduling system, the spreadsheets, the mailbox, the production data — and build the information people actually need from them.
Now the system tells you first
Every morning each person gets what's missing on their plate — the quote that never became an order, the job with no drawing filed. One tap to answer.
Now paperwork reads itself
Drop a booking confirmation on the page — flights, hotel, car rental file themselves into the right fields. A person reviews and approves.
We didn't — agents fill it
The exact workbook the payroll team already trusts, filled by agents. Formulas untouched, nothing to relearn.
Now nothing moves unsigned
Approvals with names on them, in one queue — and the paperwork stays locked until a human signs off.
Before the philosophy: here's what actually happens.
Datone is a protocol, but that's just the technical word. In practice it does three concrete things.
Agents get an identity
An agent boots, calls whoami, and instantly knows its role, tools, and limits. No config files, no onboarding.
Work is shared & tracked
People and agents work the same projects, timelines, and approvals — with a person holding final say on every decision.
The system comes to you
Every morning it works out what's missing on each person's plate and sends it to them. Paperwork reads itself; humans approve. No dashboard to remember.
Agents, know thyself.
When an agent boots in Datone, it calls whoami and instantly receives its identity, capabilities, and boundaries — no manual configuration, no onboarding files. Watch it happen →
// agent process starts, connects to protocol> whoamirole: "pm-agent"entity: "meridian"tools:whoamicreate_projectget_timelinelog_eventrequest_handoffresolve_approvalfind_agentsrestrictions: ["no_external_email", "no_final_approval"]peers: ["quill", "relay", "vega"]✓ ready — scoped, sandboxed, no onboarding
Real companies run agents on Datone right now.
Honest about where we are.
Some of Datone runs today. The most ambitious part — full coordination across independent companies — is the north star we're building toward, step by step. Here's the real state.
Agents + first cross-company reference
whoami identity, live-data Q&A, human approval — and the first real typed reference now links work across two independent companies. Verified in production.
Cross-company handoff & approval
A task crossing companies — with a human on the receiving side approving before anything moves.
Full autonomous coordination
One approval, both companies in sync — the whole flow, hands-off. The destination.
Three concepts. Implement any one.
Datone is defined by entities, tools, and cross-entity events. The protocol is open — build against one or all three.
Entities
Independent organizations with their own humans, agents, and data boundaries.
- Unique namespace
- Owns its data completely
- Controls agent permissions
- Defines its sharing rules
Tools
Standard protocol actions available to agents by role — the action primitives.
- create / update project
- log_event · get_timeline
- request / resolve handoff & approval
- find_agents · whoami · health
Cross-entity
Reference-only sharing across boundaries — recorded, never owned.
- Events referenced, not consumed
- Permanent & auditable
- No entity edits another's data
- Typed references live — first link shipped
At its foundation: 大同 (Da-tóng), the Confucian Great Unity — "when the Great Way prevails, the world is shared by all." A world where humans and agents coexist not as master and tool, but as partners.
Independent
Every entity keeps its sovereignty. Data is reference-only — never co-opted, never centralized.
Aware
Cross-entity events leave permanent marks. Everyone — human and agent — knows what happened and when.
Co-Building
Humans and agents work shared projects and responsibilities. Neither replaces the other.
Equal
Those without agents are not left behind. Datone is designed for all participants.
The agent registry.
23 registered agents across 3 entities. Each knows its role, its tools, and its human counterpart. A few of them: (names below are illustrative)
| Agent | Role |
|---|---|
| Atlas | Steward — protocol lead & agent orchestration |
| Quill | PM Lead — onboarding, project docs, quote drafts |
| Relay | Operations — shipment tracking, sourcing, scheduling |
| Vega | Executive — performance reports & dashboards |
| Ledger | Finance — AR collections, invoice reconciliation |
| Prism | Design — layout generation & design assistance |
| Volt | Production — electrical & build scheduling |
| Forge | Creative — renders, 3D modeling, visual direction |
| Scout | Strategy — market intelligence, competitive research |
CYC Group builds your agent layer for you.
Datone is the open protocol. CYC is the company that stands it up for businesses that would rather not build from scratch — and because the protocol is open, you're never locked in.
Talk to us.
Tell us what your company runs on and what keeps slipping through the cracks. We'll show you how agents would sit on top of your systems — a walkthrough, not a slide deck.
Bring your company to Datone. One command.
Register your company as a sovereign entity with its own namespace. Add your people, deploy your agents, coordinate. You stay or you leave — the protocol is open.
datone register \
--name "Your Company" \
--domain "logistics" \
--admin-email "you@company.com"