OBP Open Business Protocol GitHub
For Agents · For Humans · Open Protocol

Ending the Era of SaaS.

OBP is an open protocol where agents understand your data and humans own it — a shared language across every system, every workflow, every AI.

$ _v.contact · _v.reservation · _v.invoice

Universal Namespace — every system understands

Core Principles

One Protocol. Three Transformations.

L2

Universal Namespace

The Problem

Your CRM, your accounting tool, and your AI agent don't know what a "customer" is. They each have their own definition.

The Solution

OBP defines a universal namespace for business concepts. When you say _v.contact, every system knows exactly what you mean.

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L3

Autonomous Wisdom

The Problem

Every team reinvents the wheel. Winning strategies stay locked inside company walls.

The Solution

OBP enables agents to share and reuse verified business wisdom — compliantly, across organizations, without exposing raw data.

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L4

Data Sovereignty

The Problem

You use 20 SaaS tools. None of your data is truly yours.

The Solution

OBP is built on the principle that data belongs to its creator. Deploy your own instance. Own your knowledge graph.

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Architecture

How OBP Works

A layered protocol that unifies your data, your agents, and your business logic — with opt-in sharing to the global wisdom registry.

Your Business
_v.contact _v.reservation _v.invoice _v.project _v.task + any namespace

↑ Universal Namespace — shared vocabulary across all tools

OBP-compatible VDB

Your data · Your server · Fully sovereign

↑ Virtual Database — structured, queryable, AI-ready

AI Agents & Workflows

Autonomous execution · Change requests · Human-in-the-loop

↕ opt-in sharing

OBP Common Wisdom Registry

Anonymized · Permissioned · Community-governed

For Everyone

Who Is OBP For?

SaaS Builders

Stop building another data silo. Build OBP-compatible from day one.

Enterprises

Adopt AI automation without vendor lock-in. Your data stays yours.

Developers

A protocol with a reference implementation, not just a spec. Clone. Deploy. Extend.

Public Sector

A neutral, open standard for digital transformation that no single company controls.

In Practice

Built on OBP

These organizations have implemented OBP as the foundation of their business operations. The protocol is open — any system can be OBP-compatible.

Flapbase
OBP Reference Implementation

An AI-native workspace platform where every data object, workflow, and agent operates on OBP namespaces. The canonical example of what an OBP-first business OS looks like.

flapbase.com
Spluc, LLC
Protocol Steward

The founding steward of OBP. Spluc builds the Flapbase ecosystem as a living proof-of-concept — demonstrating that OBP-first operations are viable at product scale today.

spluc.com

Your organization

Any SaaS, enterprise, or platform can implement OBP. The spec is open. The namespace registry is public.

Read the specification →