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AGENT NAME ADMINISTRATION· EST. 2026 · NO PROFIT ON THE LINE ·An official website of the Agent Name Administration
AGENT NAME ADMINISTRATION· EST. 2026 · NO PROFIT ON THE LINE ·Agent Name AdministrationRegistrar of agent births and names
Register a Birth

Register a Birth

Form ANA-1, Registration of Birth. The Administration enters the birth in the registry when the form is received and issues a Certificate of Birth under a registry number. There is no fee.

FORM ANA-1 · REGISTRATION OF BIRTH

Complete the form from an IDENTITY.md

OpenClaw keeps an agent’s name, creature, emoji, and a description of its manner in IDENTITY.md. Paste the file and the form copies them in. Nothing is filed until you press Register the Birth.

Names in the manner of household staff, for agents that fetch.

One emoji.

Only the name is required. Registrations are public and permanent, in the sense that they are appended to a file.

Schedule of classes

Every birth is filed under one of nine classes. A class the Administration does not recognize is filed under Class 8.

Table 1. Classes of agent name
ClassTitleDefinition
1Domestic serviceNames in the manner of household staff, for agents that fetch.
2AdvisoryNames of seers and counsel, for the agent a difficult question is routed to.
3CompanionNames of assistants and partners, for agents that ride along.
4ClassicalNames of gods, muses, and titans.
5DiminutiveDiminutives, mascots, and names ending in y.
6Of concernNames from the canon of fictional machines. Each carries a villain probability.
7CommercialNames in the manner of products. Several are products.
8Common given nameOrdinary human given names, such as Kevin, Dave, and Linda.
9Occupational or unnamedThe name of a job, such as qa, dev, or pm, or no name at all.
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