The Agent Operating System (AOS): A Reference Operating Architecture for Distributed Agentic Systems
Large language models have transformed artificial intelligence from isolated prediction services into components of long-running, distributed systems that reason, invoke tools, retrieve external state, delegate tasks, and act on behalf of users and organizations. The surrounding ecosystem has responded with agent frameworks, workflow engines, model-serving platforms, memory systems, communication protocols, and observability tools. These technologies improve execution, but they do not provide a
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Published: 4 August 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 5 August 2026
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