Agent Plugins 1.0.0 Now Available
Agent Plugins 1.0.0 is now available as an open, vendor-neutral standard for packaging Agent Skills and MCP servers into portable plugins that compatible agent clients can discover and load. The standard defines a common manifest format and fixed component locations, giving each client full control over installation, distribution, and user experience.
Agent Plugins 1.0.0 is now available. It is an open, vendor-neutral standard for packaging Agent Skills and MCP servers into portable plugins. Compatible agent clients can discover and load them.
Agent Plugins defines a common format: a root manifest, plus fixed locations for portable components. Each client keeps control of installation, distribution, policy, user experience, and client-specific capabilities.plugin.json
At launch, Agent Plugins is supported across the following clients:
Read the , learn more in the post, and to build a plugin on the new standard. specification and implementation guidesannouncementfollow our guide
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