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AI Agent Protocols & Standards
Overview
This skill covers the emerging ecosystem of open standards and protocols for AI agents. These specifications define how agents discover capabilities, communicate with each other, make payments, render UI, and are described declaratively.
Protocol Landscape
| Protocol | Purpose | Maintained By |
|---|---|---|
| MCP | Tool integration — how agents use tools and access context | Anthropic |
| A2A | Agent-to-agent communication and task delegation | |
| ACP | REST-based agent communication (merged into A2A) | IBM / BeeAI / Linux Foundation |
| Agent Skills | Skill packaging — how capabilities are discovered and loaded | Anthropic |
| AGENTS.md | Project-level guidance for coding agents | Community |
| ADL | Declarative agent definition (identity, tools, permissions) | Next Moca / Eclipse LMOS |
| x402 | HTTP-native micropayments using stablecoins | Coinbase |
| AP2 | Secure agent-driven commerce and purchases | |
| MCP Apps | Rich interactive UI served by MCP servers | Anthropic |
| cagent | Multi-agent runtime with YAML configuration | Docker |
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