I agree with Rick that ideally any protocol tracking should be general, incorporate version data, and have good data sanitation. I’ve been working on an approach that uses type hints of any general python function in a given folder or git repository, maps the function calls within it in the same manner, and constructs database entries tied to these. With decorators, you can specify additional constraints easily. You can find more details in my recent forum post:
This is definitely in a very early stage – although I have been working on this off and on for over a year, it still has a lot of work remaining but I have learned a lot of lessons along the way. I would love to hear people’s thoughts about how we might incorporate some of the ideas and concerns raised in this thread.