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Google and partners present ARD specification for unified AI agent resource discovery mechanism

Google, together with partners (Microsoft, GitHub, Hugging Face, and others), has published an open specification for Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD). It standardizes the discovery of external tools, APIs, and services for AI agents, complementing existing protocols such as MCP. ARD introduces Catalogs and Registries, ensures resource verification, and is already used in GitHub Copilot Agent Finder and Hugging Face Discover Tool.

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