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Internet-Draft draft-reilly-plpes-01.txt is now available.

   Title:   Protocol Layer Prompt Engineering Specification (PLPES)
   Author:  Lawrence John Reilly Jr.
   Name:    draft-reilly-plpes-01.txt
   Pages:   58
   Dates:   2026-09-05

Abstract:

   This document defines the Protocol Layer Prompt Engineering
   Specification (PLPES), a structured framework for the formal
   specification, classification, versioning, provenance tracking,
   and security hardening of prompts used to interact with AI
   language models and agentic systems.

   As AI systems become embedded in critical infrastructure, enterprise
   workflows, and protocol-driven pipelines, the prompts governing
   their behavior represent a new class of protocol artifact that
   currently lacks interoperability standards, integrity mechanisms,
   or formal classification taxonomy.  Ad hoc prompt construction
   introduces inconsistency, reproducibility failures, prompt injection
   vulnerabilities, and accountability gaps across deployments.

   PLPES addresses this gap by defining: (1) a canonical Prompt
   Descriptor Object (PDO) for machine-readable prompt representation,
   (2) a five-tier classification taxonomy for prompt roles, (3) a
   versioning and provenance model compatible with the REM Protocol
   [I-D.draft-reilly-rem-protocol], (4) integrity verification
   requirements for agentic prompt chains, and (5) security
   requirements including injection resistance, adversarial input
   handling, and chain-of-custody attestation.

   This specification is intended to be implementable by AI platform
   operators, enterprise AI integrators, protocol architects, and
   standards bodies seeking to establish reproducible, auditable,
   and interoperable foundations for prompt-driven AI systems.

   This revision adds material to draft-reilly-plpes-00 without
   removing or altering any text carried forward from it.  The
   additions are summarized in Section 16.

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