> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://www.conserver.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://www.conserver.io/readme.md).

# Welcome to the Home of the vCons

Introduces vCon, the open IETF format for recording a conversation and what was done with it, and gives a newcomer a short path from first read to running code.

## A container for every conversation, human or agent

Calls, chats, video meetings and agent dialog have had no shared format for recording who took part, what was said, and what has been done with it since, in a form that survives moving between systems.

[vCon (virtual conversation)](/vcons/a-vcon-primer.md) is that format. It is an IETF draft that packages the parties, the dialog, the analysis and related attachments into one portable JSON object. A vCon SHOULD be signed or encrypted when it leaves the system that built it, and extensions add a lawful basis record, a lifecycle log and more. The Conserver is the open source server that creates and processes vCons.

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## Start here

1. **Learn what a vCon is.** Read [A vCon Primer](/vcons/a-vcon-primer.md), then keep [Concepts](/vcons/concepts.md) and the [Field Reference](/vcons/field-reference.md) open.
2. **Run a conserver.** The [Conserver Quick Start](/conserver/conserver-quick-start.md) gets a vCon pipeline running on your machine.
3. **Build with a library or adapter.** Use the [Python library](/vcon-library/quickstart.md) or the [JavaScript library](/vcon-js-library/quickstart.md), or wire your platform in with the [adapter template](/vcon-adapters/quick-start-from-template.md).
4. **Add extensions.** [Extensions](/extensions.md) covers lawful basis, lifecycle, WTF transcription, agent sessions and SIP signaling.
5. **Connect AI agents.** The [MCP Server](/mcp-server.md) lets agents read and search a vCon store.

Compliance and policy readers can go from the primer to the [Privacy Primer](/vcons/privacy-primer.md) and the [Lawful Basis extension](/extensions/lawful-basis.md).

## What is in the box

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## Open standard

vCon is developed in the [IETF VCON working group](https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/vcon/about/), where the drafts, mailing list and meeting materials are public. Anyone can read the drafts, join the list and challenge a design decision in writing. As of 2026-10-06 no IPR disclosures had been filed against the core draft, according to the [datatracker IPR search](https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/search/?draft=draft-ietf-vcon-vcon-core\&submit=draft). Public talks and articles about vCon are collected in [Talks, Articles and Press](/talks-articles-press.md).

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