What you can do with Glide OSS
Self-host
Run your own Glide instance. Bring your own Privy tenant, Bridge contract, optional Chainalysis.
npx create-glide-app to localhost in 90s.Contribute a connector
Add a vendor adapter to the catalog. Manifest + capability impls + contract tests + 8-gate CI.
Author an agent skill
Package an MCP-callable agent capability. Manifest + policy template + consent flow + Trusted Skill Agreement at verified tier.
Cite the standards
Public draft schemas for connector manifests, agent policy envelopes, scoped grant claims, receipts, skill manifests, trust tiers.
Architecture at a glance
Orchestration shell
What’s actually OSS vs what’s a vendor dependency.
Hosted vs self-hosted
100% code parity target with explicit exceptions table.
Money-safety contracts
F1–F7 architectural commitments enforced at every money-touching path.
Headless MCP
The agent gateway:
apps/mcp with 21 tools, OAuth 2.1, policy engine, append-only audit log.License + governance
- MIT everywhere. Web, mobile, MCP, every connector, every skill, the CLI. No copyleft anywhere in-tree.
- DCO sign-off on every commit (one-line Signed-off-by trailer,
git commit --signoff). - BDFL at launch. Single maintainer. Governance formalizes when community volume requires it.
- CODEOWNERS-protected changes for
_base/interfaces, trust tier promotions, and money-safety architecture.
Trust tiers (quality, not licensing)
Trust is about code-review discipline, not commercial gating. Every package ships under MIT regardless of tier. See Trust tier.
Money-safety F-rules
Every money-touching tool path observes seven IRON-RULE contracts:
(F6 reserved.) Detail at Money-safety contracts.
Where to start
- Self-hoster → Quickstart → Self-hosting
- Connector author → Connector catalog → Adding a connector
- Skill author → Skill catalog → Authoring a skill
- Agent integrator → Headless MCP → OAuth flow → Tool reference
- Standards reader → Standards
- Security reviewer → Threat model → License compatibility