The landscape is organized by architectural responsibility, not a vendor ranking. Inclusion is not endorsement, and the matrix avoids unsupported feature or performance comparisons.
| Category | Examples | Contribution | Not equivalent to MIR because… |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inference runtimes and servers | ONNX Runtime, vLLM | Model execution, scheduling, hardware abstraction | They do not define complete task authority, approvals, recovery, or evidence. |
| Managed agent platforms | AWS AgentCore, Google enterprise agent platform | Hosted agent execution and platform controls | They are vendor implementations, not the category definition itself. |
| Protocols | MCP, A2A | Tool/context and agent-to-agent interoperability | Communication does not establish policy, lifecycle, or trust. |
| Observability | OpenTelemetry | Traces, metrics, logs, semantic conventions | Operational telemetry is only one part of user-facing evidence. |
| Workflow and orchestration | Durable workflow engines, agent frameworks | State transitions, retries, agent patterns | MIR adds AI-specific context, authority, side-effect, and evidence controls. |
How status is labeled
- Production implementation: documented software available for operational use.
- Vendor implementation: a sourced provider-specific platform.
- Published specification: an interoperability document, which may still evolve.
- Research prototype: a paper or experiment, not assumed production-ready.
- MiRuntime perspective: original editorial synthesis.
Evaluation questions
- Which state and evidence remain portable if the provider changes?
- Can tools be governed independently of prompts and models?
- How are long-running runs paused, resumed, recovered, and terminated?
- Are memory and evidence exportable, correctable, and deletable?
- Which claims are current documentation versus roadmap or research?
Source record
References
- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime Developer Guide Primary source
Amazon Web Services. AWS. Published Current documentation; last reviewed 2026-06-20 UTC. Vendor documentation.
- Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Overview Primary source
Google Cloud. Google Cloud. Published Current documentation; last reviewed 2026-06-20 UTC. Vendor documentation.
- ONNX Runtime Documentation Primary source
Microsoft and ONNX Runtime contributors. ONNX Runtime. Published Current documentation; last reviewed 2026-06-20 UTC. Official documentation.
- vLLM Documentation Primary source
vLLM project. vLLM. Published Current documentation; last reviewed 2026-06-20 UTC. Official documentation.
- Model Context Protocol Specification — 2025-11-25 Primary source
Model Context Protocol project. Model Context Protocol. Published 2025-11-25; last reviewed 2026-06-24 UTC. Protocol specification.
- A2A Protocol Specification Primary source
A2A Project. Linux Foundation. Published Current specification; last reviewed 2026-06-24 UTC. Protocol specification and reference implementation.
OpenTelemetry project. Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Published Current specification repository; last reviewed 2026-06-24 UTC. Official specification.