NEKTE is an open protocol for token-efficient agent-to-agent communication. Progressive discovery, zero-schema invocation, budget-aware responses.
import { NekteClient } from '@nekte/client'; const client = new NekteClient('http://localhost:4001'); const catalog = await client.catalog(); // ~24 tok for 3 caps const result = await client.invoke('sentiment', { input: { text: 'Great!' } }); console.log(result.out); // "positive 0.9"
Every primitive is designed to minimize token cost in the common case.
NEKTE complements existing protocols — it does not replace them.
| Feature | MCP | A2A | NEKTE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive discovery | No | No | L0/L1/L2 |
| Zero-schema invocation | No | No | Version hash |
| Native token budget | No | No | First-class |
| Result compression | No | No | 3 levels |
| Task lifecycle (push) | No | Polling | Push (SSE/gRPC) |
| gRPC transport | No | Yes | Native |
| MCP bridge | N/A | No | @nekte/bridge |
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