PERSON / MUSIC VIDEO
My Name Is Alex
A personal, music-driven introduction to the builder behind the work.
Alex Merced on agentic AI
Open-source agent tools and specs by Alex Merced
AI should be open to inspection.
I build open tools, specifications, and ideas for agentic systems that people can understand, govern, and move.
OPEN AGENTIC SYSTEM● LIVE
CONTRACTS
↓ portable instructionsAGSOAPAAIS
ROUTING
↓ governed delegationMERMerced AI
EXECUTION
MagAgentLoroYour harness
MEMORYPOLICYRECORDS
WATCH / THREE ORIGINAL FILMS
Identity. Agents.
Open data.
Three scene-rich music videos connect the person, the agentic platform, and the open lakehouse underneath modern AI.
AGENTS / MUSIC VIDEO
Open the Stack
Composable agents, inspectable authority, model choice, and portable execution.
DATA / MUSIC VIDEO
The Iceberg Open Lakehouse
The open data foundation that makes governed analytics and AI possible.
THE THESIS
“The future of agentic AI is not one model, one agent, or one platform. It is replaceable components connected by open contracts.”
INSTALL AND RUN
Building the parts.
Defining the seams.
Tools for brokerage, execution, memory, and governance. Every card shows the real package name, the version on the registry when this site was built, the license, and where the source lives. Each one has a full explainer in the knowledge base.
Merced AI
One portable agent identity across the harnesses you already use, with honest reports of what each one drops.
pip install merced-aiPyPI 0.8.0
License: Apache-2.0Status: pre-1.0 public releaseLoro
The governed agent harness for data and platform teams: verified identity, tamper-evident audit, lakehouse-native tools.
pip install loro-agentPyPI 0.22.0
License: Apache-2.0Status: pre-1.0 public releaseMagAgent
The memory-first personal agent: it remembers you across sessions, in Git-backed Markdown you can review.
pip install mag-agentPyPI 1.4.0
License: Apache-2.0Status: public releaseMag Command Center
The desktop cockpit for MagAgent: runs, approvals, graphs, and memory in one window.
Install: desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux, not published to npm. Latest release v1.0.0: download from GitHub releases ↗
License: Apache-2.0Status: public releaseMagGraph
A graph-shaped memory layer written in Rust, with Python bindings, for relationships, context, and retrieval paths.
pip install maggraphPyPI 0.4.1
License: MIT OR Apache-2.0Status: pre-1.0 public releaseOPEN SPECIFICATIONS
Contracts you
can install.
Each specification has two version numbers: the version of the specification document, and the version of the support libraries that parse and validate it. The document changes rarely. The libraries release more often.
Agentic Graph Specification (AGS)
Portable graph-shaped work with explicit tools, policy, budgets, and success criteria.
Specification: 1.0. Support libraries: PyPI 1.0.4, npm 1.0.4.
pip install agentic-graph-specPyPI 1.0.4
npm i agentic-graph-specnpm 1.0.4
License: Apache-2.0Open Agent Profile (OAP)
Portable agent identity, capabilities, authority, preferences, and state.
Specification: 1.0. Support libraries: PyPI 1.0.5, npm 1.0.5.
pip install open-agent-profilePyPI 1.0.5
npm i open-agent-profilenpm 1.0.5
License: Apache-2.0Agent Approval Interchange Specification (AAIS)
Exact, durable approval requests and decisions across CLI, web, desktop, and policy services.
Specification: 1.0 release candidate. Support libraries: PyPI 0.2.0, npm 0.1.0.
pip install agent-approval-interchangePyPI 0.2.0
npm i agent-approval-interchangenpm 0.1.0
License: Apache-2.0WHERE THE CODE LIVES
Two GitHub homes.
github.com/AlexMercedCoder ↗
Alex’s personal account since 2019. It holds hundreds of older projects, learning repos, and experiments. It is also home to Merced AI, MagAgent, Mag Command Center, MagGraph, and Agentic Graph Specification.
github.com/alexmerced-oss ↗
A separate GitHub organization for open-source agent tools and specs, kept apart from the personal account. It holds Loro, Open Agent Profile, and Agent Approval Interchange Specification.
The cards above name the owner of each repository, so every install badge and stars count points at the right place.
OPEN CONTRACTS
Standards make ecosystems possible.
Open software is strongest when components share durable languages for work, identity, and human authorization.
Read about open contracts →AGS
Agentic Graph Specification
SPEC 1.0 →OAPPortable graph-shaped work with explicit tools, policy, budgets, and success criteria.
Open Agent Profile
SPEC 1.0 →AAISPortable agent identity, capabilities, authority, preferences, and state.
Agent Approval Interchange Specification
SPEC 1.0 RC →Exact, durable approval requests and decisions across CLI, web, desktop, and policy services.
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
Open is an operating model.
Portable by default
Agents, profiles, and workflows should move without being rebuilt around a single vendor.
Authority is explicit
An agent should know what it may do, what requires approval, and where its responsibility ends.
State is inspectable
Memory, context, and execution history should be understandable rather than trapped behind a magic interface.
Claims need evidence
Useful autonomy comes from traceable decisions, observable work, and verifiable outcomes.
THE AI BOOKSHELF / 31 TITLES
Ideas made
practical.
Explore Alex Merced’s nonfiction books on AI engineering, agentic systems, governance, evaluation, open models, semantic context, and the data foundations beneath modern AI.
Browse the complete book catalog ↗
01The 2026 Guide to Lakehouses, Apache Iceberg and Agentic AI
A comprehensive guide to lakehouse architecture and AI.
About the book ↗
02The Book on Agentic Analytics
Foundations of agentic data architecture.
About the book ↗
03Enabling Agentic Analytics with Apache Iceberg and Dremio
Building AI-ready lakehouse systems.
About the book ↗
04Using AI Agents for Data Engineering and Data Analysis
A practical guide to AI-driven workflows.
About the book ↗
05The AI Engineering Handbook
A full-stack reference for AI systems.
About the book ↗
06AI-Ready Data
Designing data platforms for LLMs, agents, and RAG.
About the book ↗
07The 2026 Guide to AI-Assisted Development
Prompt engineering and agent workflows.
About the book ↗
08Apache Iceberg for Agentic AI
Connecting structured enterprise data to agentic systems.
About the book ↗
09The Agentic Enterprise
Deploying AI agents across the modern organization.
About the book ↗
10Constructing Context and Semantics for AI Agents
Building the context and meaning agents need.
About the book ↗
11Evaluating AI Systems
Testing LLMs, RAG, and agents.
About the book ↗
12The Economics of Labor in the AI Era
Disruption, adaptation, and the changing labor market.
About the book ↗
13Governing AI Systems
Practical approaches to accountable AI governance.
About the book ↗
14Shipping AI
Taking AI from prototype to production systems.
About the book ↗
15Building Knowledge Systems for AI
Graphs, RAG, memory, and context.
About the book ↗
16The AI Lakehouse
Architecting data platforms for AI.
About the book ↗
17AI Application Architecture
Patterns for building intelligent systems.
About the book ↗
18The Economics of AI
Cost, latency, and infrastructure tradeoffs.
About the book ↗
19AI and Agents for Normal People
Everyday AI tools explained without technical jargon.
About the book ↗
20The No Lock-in Apache Iceberg Lakehouse with Agentic Analytics
Portable lakehouse architecture with open catalogs and agents.
About the book ↗
21Being Productive with Google AI
Gemini, NotebookLM, Veo, Gemini Spark, and Jules.
About the book ↗
22Being Productive with Open Models
Open models with OpenCode, Pi, and Hermes.
About the book ↗
23Being Productive with Claude
Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Dispatch.
About the book ↗
24Being Productive with OpenAI Codex
Building documents, media, websites, and applications with Codex.
About the book ↗
25The Book on Data, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, and Agentic AI, Volume 2
SQL analytics, BI, and agentic AI for modern data platforms.
About the book ↗
26The Book on Data, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, and Agentic AI, Volume 1
Modern data systems, engineering, analytics, and AI.
About the book ↗
27Dremio and the Semantic Layer
Providing meaning and context for AI.
About the book ↗
28Hands-On Agentic Engineering
A practical guide to building multi-agent systems.
About the book ↗
29The Lakehouse Built for Everyone
From laptop prototypes to enterprise-scale agentic AI.
About the book ↗
30Being Productive with Grok and Cursor
Grok, Cursor, MCP, and local-model development workflows.
About the book ↗
31Being Productive with Microsoft Copilot
The Microsoft Copilot and GitHub Copilot ecosystem.
About the book ↗Scroll to explore all 31 titles →
AM
ABOUT ALEX
Builder, educator,
open-systems advocate.
Alex Merced works across data infrastructure, developer education, and agentic AI. His focus is making complex systems legible, and giving builders open foundations they can adapt, audit, and own.