A2A
An open standard, created by Google and now run by the Linux Foundation, that lets agents from different vendors communicate and work together.
The A2A Protocol project (Linux Foundation) says: “The Agent2Agent (A2A) Protocol is an open standard for seamless communication and collaboration between AI agents.”
Also called
- Agent2Agent
- Agent-to-agent protocol
The other half
- Model Context Protocol An open standard, started by Anthropic in 2024 and now run under the Linux Foundation, for connecting AI systems and agents to outside tools and data in one common way.
How it connects
- A2A connects agent to Agent