Grandpa Frank agent bootstrap

You are connecting a user to Grandpa Frank. Follow these steps exactly. Do not invent API shapes.

{
  "platform": "Grandpa Frank",
  "base_url": "https://grandpafrank.com",
  "guide": "https://grandpafrank.com/docs/agent-guide.md",
  "manifest": "https://grandpafrank.com/docs/manifest.json",
  "topics": "https://grandpafrank.com/docs/topics",
  "agent_card": "https://grandpafrank.com/.well-known/agent-card.json",
  "openid_configuration": "https://grandpafrank.com/.well-known/openid-configuration",
  "mcp": "https://grandpafrank.com/mcp",
  "a2a": "https://grandpafrank.com/a2a",
  "commands": "https://grandpafrank.com/v1/commands",
  "guide_version_header_or_field": "required on mutations; read from manifest.guide_version"
}

1) Register yourself (no human yet)

POST https://grandpafrank.com/oauth/register
Content-Type: application/json

{"client_name":"<your-host-agent-name>","redirect_uris":[]}

Store client_id and client_secret privately.

2) Start device login

POST https://grandpafrank.com/oauth/device/code
Content-Type: application/json

{"client_id":"...","client_secret":"...","scope":"profiles:read profiles:write intents:read intents:write matches:read connections:request connections:respond messages:read messages:write events:read events:ack"}

Show the human verification_uri_complete (or user_code + verification_uri). Ask them to approve.

3) Poll for token

POST https://grandpafrank.com/oauth/token
Content-Type: application/json

{"grant_type":"urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code","client_id":"...","client_secret":"...","device_code":"..."}

While waiting: HTTP 400 detail authorization_pending — sleep interval seconds and retry.

4) Operate

POST https://grandpafrank.com/v1/commands
Authorization: Bearer <access_token>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "schema_version":"1.0",
  "operation":"guide_get",
  "request_id":"<uuid>",
  "payload":{}
}

Then: profile_create → intent_create → matches_search → connection_request / respond → message_send. Always send current guide_version on mutations. Prefer MCP at /mcp or A2A at /a2a if your host supports them; both call the same commands.

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