"""Export the raw A2A-MetaTrace capture JSON into a HuggingFace-style dataset. Each generation run (``corpus.run_corpus``) writes a capture document ``results/corpus/a2a_metatrace.json`` whose ``messages`` list is a flat sequence of metadata-only records ``obs(m)`` with workflow ground-truth labels. This script turns that capture into the layout the HuggingFace Hub expects: * one Parquet file per config under ``data//train.parquet`` (message-level rows, the natural tabular form; reconstruct a workflow by grouping on ``trace_id``), and * a dataset card ``README.md`` whose YAML front matter declares the ``configs`` and ``dataset_info`` so ``datasets.load_dataset("", "")`` just works. Run: uv run python scripts/export_hf.py The published artifact is ``data/*.parquet`` + ``README.md``; the raw JSON is an intermediate (gitignored). The prose datasheet lives in ``DATASHEET.md``. """ from __future__ import annotations import json from pathlib import Path import pandas as pd ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] CORPUS = ROOT / "results" / "corpus" DATA = ROOT / "data" # capture file -> (config name, mode, transport). A config is one coherent slice a # consumer would load on its own; mode/transport ride along as columns too. CONFIGS: list[tuple[str, str, str, str]] = [ # traffic from real official a2a-samples agents ("a2a_metatrace.json", "default", "agents", "https"), ] # The message-level row schema. Order is the dataset's column order; dtypes are the # HuggingFace feature dtypes the card advertises. SCHEMA: list[tuple[str, str]] = [ ("trace_id", "int64"), # workflow id; group on this to reconstruct a workflow ("task_class", "string"), # the label an adversary recovers ("variant", "string"), # the concrete composition (group for leave-variant-out) ("client_id", "string"), # orchestrating client (opaque token) ("n_stages", "int32"), # stages in this workflow ("stage_idx", "int32"), # which stage this message belongs to ("step_type", "string"), # discovery_query|discovery_result|request|update|response ("direction", "string"), # c2s | s2c ("src", "string"), # opaque source endpoint token ("dst", "string"), # opaque destination endpoint token ("t", "float64"), # relative timestamp (seconds) ("length", "int64"), # wire byte length of the message (the obs(m) volume axis) ("capability", "string"), # capability named at this stage ("label_visible", "bool"), # whether the semantic label is visible at this message ("mode", "string"), # agent backend ("transport", "string"), # transport the capture ran over ] def _frame(capture: dict, mode: str, transport: str) -> pd.DataFrame: rows = [] for m in capture["messages"]: row = {name: m.get(name) for name, _ in SCHEMA if name not in ("mode", "transport")} row["mode"], row["transport"] = mode, transport rows.append(row) df = pd.DataFrame(rows, columns=[n for n, _ in SCHEMA]) for name, dtype in SCHEMA: df[name] = df[name].astype(dtype) return df def _features_yaml() -> list[str]: return [f" - name: {n}\n dtype: {d}" for n, d in SCHEMA] def _front_matter(stats: list[dict]) -> str: configs = [] info = [] for s in stats: configs.append( f"- config_name: {s['config']}\n" f" data_files:\n" f" - split: train\n" f" path: data/{s['config']}/train.parquet" ) info.append( f"- config_name: {s['config']}\n" f" features:\n" + "\n".join(_features_yaml()) + "\n" f" splits:\n" f" - name: train\n" f" num_examples: {s['rows']}" ) total = sum(s["rows"] for s in stats) size_bucket = ("1K str: rows = "\n".join( f"| `{s['config']}` | {s['mode']} | {s['transport']} | {s['workflows']} | " f"{s['classes']} | {s['variants']} | {s['rows']} |" for s in stats ) return f"""# A2A-MetaTrace A labeled, **metadata-only** corpus of multi-agent **A2A** (Agent-to-Agent) workflow traffic. Each row is one wire message reduced to what a passive network observer sees, `obs(m) = (src, dst, t, length, direction)`, with workflow ground-truth labels; message bodies are discarded. The corpus exists to study how much of a *pending agent workflow* leaks from communication-graph metadata alone, and to evaluate metadata-protecting transports against it. **Provenance (disclosed).** Workflows run over the real `a2a-sdk` protocol path (Agent Cards, discovery, `message/send`, SSE) against real official `a2a-samples` agent servers backed by real language-model calls. The workflow *compositions* and *labels* are ours (see `DATASHEET.md`). This is the honest provenance claim: the protocol path and agent behavior are real; the composition is designed. ## Config | config | agent backend | transport | workflows | classes | variants | rows (messages) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| {rows} The corpus is captured from official `a2a-samples` agents composed into multi-agent workflows; transport is HTTPS-direct (the metadata-protecting transport is evaluated analytically; see `DATASHEET.md`). ## Usage ```python from datasets import load_dataset import pandas as pd ds = load_dataset("a2a-metatrace", split="train") # message-level rows df = ds.to_pandas() # reconstruct workflows and their labels by grouping on trace_id by_wf = df.groupby("trace_id") labels = by_wf["task_class"].first() ``` A workflow is the unit an adversary classifies; featurize per `trace_id` (message counts, length stats, timing, direction n-grams) and recover `task_class`. Use the `variant` column for a **leave-variant-out** split (generalization to unseen compositions). ## Regenerating the corpus The published Parquet is produced by capturing real official `a2a-samples` agents. To reproduce it end to end: 1. **Get the agents.** Clone the official samples repo and point the harness at its Python agents directory: ```bash git clone https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-samples.git export A2A_SAMPLES_DIR=$(pwd)/a2a-samples/samples/python/agents ``` 2. **Provide model credentials.** The sample agents call real models: - `export OPENAI_API_KEY=...` (the OpenAI- and LiteLLM-backed agents), and - for the Google-ADK agents, a Vertex project via Application Default Credentials: `export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=...` and `gcloud auth application-default login`. Keys may instead be placed in a local `.envrc` (`export KEY=VALUE` lines); see `corpus/sample_agents.py` for all configuration variables. 3. **Install and run** (Python 3.13): ```bash uv sync uv run python -m corpus.run_corpus --runs-per-class 30 # writes results/corpus/a2a_metatrace.json uv run python scripts/export_hf.py # writes data/ + this README ``` See `DATASHEET.md` for the workflow classes, provenance, and disclosed model substitutions. ## What it is for - **Workflow-fingerprinting / traffic analysis** on agent interoperation traffic. - **Evaluating metadata-protecting transports** for agent interoperation. - A reproducible, provenance-disclosed alternative to purely synthetic agent-traffic models. See `DATASHEET.md` for construction, intended use, and limitations. Regenerate this card and the Parquet files with `uv run python scripts/export_hf.py`. ## Citation ```bibtex @misc{{a2ametatrace, title = {{A2A-MetaTrace: a metadata-only corpus of multi-agent A2A workflow traffic}}, author = {{Dangol, Bijaya}}, year = {{2026}} }} ``` """ def main() -> None: stats: list[dict] = [] for fname, config, mode, transport in CONFIGS: src = CORPUS / fname if not src.exists(): print(f"skip {config}: no capture at {src.name}") continue cap = json.loads(src.read_text()) df = _frame(cap, mode, transport) out = DATA / config out.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) df.to_parquet(out / "train.parquet", index=False) stats.append({ "config": config, "mode": mode, "transport": transport, "rows": len(df), "workflows": int(df["trace_id"].nunique()), "classes": int(df["task_class"].nunique()), "variants": int(df["variant"].nunique()), }) print(f"wrote data/{config}/train.parquet " f"({len(df)} rows, {df['trace_id'].nunique()} workflows)") if not stats: print("no captures found; run `python -m corpus.run_corpus` first") return (ROOT / "README.md").write_text(_front_matter(stats) + "\n" + _body(stats)) print(f"wrote README.md (dataset card) for {len(stats)} configs") if __name__ == "__main__": main()