FIPA Performatives

They are listed in the FIPA Communicative Act Library Specification.
accept-proposal- The action of accepting a previously submitted propose to perform an action.
agree- The action of agreeing to perform a requestd action made by another agent. Agent will carry it out.
cancel- Agent wants to cancel a previous request.
cfp- Agent issues a call for proposals. It contains the actions to be carried out and any other terms of the agreement.
confirm- The sender confirms to the receiver the truth of the content. The sender initially believed that the receiver was unsure about it.
disconfirm- The sender confirms to the receiver the falsity of the content.
failure- Tell the other agent that a previously requested action failed.
inform- Tell another agent something. The sender must believe in the truth of the statement. Most used performative.
inform-if- Used as content of request to ask another agent to tell us is a statement is true or false.
inform-ref- Like inform-if but asks for the value of the expression.
not-understood- Sent when the agent did not understand the message.
propagate- Asks another agent so forward this same propagate message to others.
propose- Used as a response to a cfp. Agent proposes a deal.
proxy- The sender wants the receiver to select target agents denoted by a given description and to send an embedded message to them.
query-if- The action of asking another agent whether or not a given proposition is true.
query-ref- The action of asking another agent for the object referred to by an referential expression.
refuse- The action of refusing to perform a given action, and explaining the reason for the refusal.
reject-proposal- The action of rejecting a proposal to perform some action during a negotiation.
request- The sender requests the receiver to perform some action. Usually to request the receiver to perform another communicative act.
request-when- The sender wants the receiver to perform some action when some given proposition becomes true.
request-whenever- The sender wants the receiver to perform some action as soon as some proposition becomes true and thereafter each time the proposition becomes true again.
subscribe- The act of requesting a persistent intention to notify the sender of the value of a reference, and to notify again whenever the object identified by the reference changes.