NAME

a2a — The Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Protocol is an open standard that enables AI agents built by different vendors and frameworks to communicate, collaborate, and delegate tasks to each other.

METADATA

LINKS

CONFIG FILES

CAPABILITIES

• Agent discovery
• Task management
• Streaming updates
• Push notifications
• Artifact exchange

DESCRIPTION

The Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Protocol is an open standard that enables AI agents built by different vendors and frameworks to communicate, collaborate, and delegate tasks to each other. It defines a common language for agent discovery via Agent Cards, task lifecycle management, and real-time streaming of updates between agents.

IMPLEMENTED BY

EXAMPLES

{
  "name": "Research Agent",
  "description": "An agent that performs web research and summarization",
  "url": "https://research-agent.example.com/a2a",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "capabilities": {
    "streaming": true,
    "pushNotifications": true
  },
  "skills": [
    {
      "id": "web-research",
      "name": "Web Research",
      "description": "Search the web and summarize findings",
      "inputModes": ["text/plain"],
      "outputModes": ["text/plain", "text/markdown"]
    }
  ],
  "authentication": {
    "schemes": ["bearer"]
  }
}

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