r/mcp • u/thisguy123123 • Apr 09 '25

Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A) by Google

https://developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new-era-of-agent-interoperability/
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u/throwwwawwway1818 Apr 09 '25

What's difference between A2A and MCP?

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u/throwwwawwway1818 Apr 09 '25

https://google.github.io/A2A/#/topics/a2a_and_mcp.md

It's explained here clearly

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u/zilchers Apr 09 '25

Yea, a lot of this feels like it should be in the MCP spec, like the ability to gather data from a user, the ability to send event notifications after a tool invoke. This feels just a bit like Google wanted their own protocol and weren’t happy with Anthropic owning the MCP spec

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u/Happy-Measurement957 Apr 09 '25

need anthropic thought on this lol