<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>mcp on Alan Blount | AI/ML Engineer at Google</title><link>http://zeroasterisk.com/tags/mcp/</link><description>Recent content in mcp on Alan Blount | AI/ML Engineer at Google</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://zeroasterisk.com/tags/mcp/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Agent Plugins Package Your Skills, Tools, and More</title><link>http://zeroasterisk.com/2026/08/agent-plugins-package-your-skills-tools-and-more/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://zeroasterisk.com/2026/08/agent-plugins-package-your-skills-tools-and-more/</guid><description>Agent Plugins Package Your Skills, Tools, and More Originally published on Google Developers Blog - August 6, 2026
Google has announced Agent Plugins 1.0.0, a new vendor-neutral directory specification backed by major tech companies including Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. This standard aims to package Agent Skills and MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers into portable, interoperable units.
Key Highlights The specification standardizes the manifest (plugin.json) and utilizes a fixed directory layout, eliminating the need for developers to maintain separate wrappers or configurations to support different AI coding agents and IDEs.</description></item></channel></rss>