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Agent Protocol — AI Glossary
A standardized communication interface for AI agents, defining how agents expose their capabilities and exchange messages.
Overview
Agent Protocol (AI Engineer Foundation, 2023) defines a REST API standard for agent tasks: POST /agent/tasks creates a task, POST /agent/tasks/{id}/steps executes a step. Enables agent benchmarking (GAIA, SWE-Bench), orchestration frameworks to swap underlying agent implementations, and interoperability between agent SDKs.
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| Topic | agents |
|---|---|
| Last reviewed | 2026-06-24 |
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What is Agent Protocol?
A standardized communication interface for AI agents, defining how agents expose their capabilities and exchange messages.
What concepts are related to Agent Protocol?
Closely related concepts include a2a protocol, agent, orchestrator.