# backplane_ai_protocol v0.7.0 - Table of Contents

> Provider-neutral AI protocol contracts and codec primitives without host runtime dependencies.

## Modules

- [Backplane.AiProtocol](Backplane.AiProtocol.md): Provider-neutral AI protocol foundation.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.Affinity](Backplane.AiProtocol.Affinity.md): Explicit public affinity for provider-bound state.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.Capability](Backplane.AiProtocol.Capability.md): Tri-state capability with explicit provenance and staleness.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.ContentBlock](Backplane.AiProtocol.ContentBlock.md): Typed, ordered content.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.Error](Backplane.AiProtocol.Error.md): Structured, sanitized protocol error.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.ExecutionContext](Backplane.AiProtocol.ExecutionContext.md): Trusted host-owned execution data.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.ExecutionGate](Backplane.AiProtocol.ExecutionGate.md): Single-use execution handle gate.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.Lifecycle](Backplane.AiProtocol.Lifecycle.md): Pure lifecycle transitions for one local execution handle.

- [Backplane.AiProtocol.Message](Backplane.AiProtocol.Message.md): One ordered protocol item with preserved role and content order.

- [Backplane.AiProtocol.OpenAIResponsesObserver](Backplane.AiProtocol.OpenAIResponsesObserver.md): Bounded native observer for OpenAI Responses JSON and SSE response bytes.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.ProviderState](Backplane.AiProtocol.ProviderState.md): Origin-bound, opaque provider state.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.Request](Backplane.AiProtocol.Request.md): Portable caller intent.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.Response](Backplane.AiProtocol.Response.md): Complete or partial provider response.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.SSE](Backplane.AiProtocol.SSE.md): Bounded incremental Server-Sent Events framing.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.Serialization](Backplane.AiProtocol.Serialization.md): Safe JSON encoding for portable values and explicitly approved public projections.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.ToolCall](Backplane.AiProtocol.ToolCall.md): Canonical tool invocation identity and argument provenance.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.ToolDefinition](Backplane.AiProtocol.ToolDefinition.md): Provider-neutral tool declaration.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.Translation](Backplane.AiProtocol.Translation.md): Strict, pure translation preflight.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.TranslationPlan](Backplane.AiProtocol.TranslationPlan.md): Pure preflight translation plan.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.Usage](Backplane.AiProtocol.Usage.md): Provider usage counters with explicit source, mode, and observation completeness.

- [Backplane.AiProtocol.Validation](Backplane.AiProtocol.Validation.md): Structural limits for portable protocol values.
- [Backplane.AiProtocol.Wire](Backplane.AiProtocol.Wire.md): Pure Backplane WebSocket V1 admission, correlation, sequencing, and credit contract.

