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Targets the layer above messaging — directories, identity, and discovery — so agents can find and trust one another across organizations. Cisco’s bid for an “Internet of Agents.”. Scope: Agent ↔ Agent · discovery. The key architectural concerns are the boundary being bridged, the trust model and interoperability with existing agents and services.
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Agent Connect is an open initiative and specification for discovering, connecting, and coordinating AI agents.
Cisco and partners launched it in 2025 within the AGNTCY project to promote interoperability between agents regardless of vendor or runtime.
Think of a directory with conversation rules: one agent finds another, checks its capabilities, and hands over a task through a shared protocol.
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Agent Connect helps when agents from different vendors need to discover capabilities and hand off tasks. Trust, identity, and shared semantics remain integration risks; a protocol alone does not create a working agent network.
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