TECHNOLOGY PROFILE · TECH-0002
Agent2Agent (A2A)
Protocol for interoperable communication between agent systems.
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Where it has an edge
Common task and capability exchange reduces custom agent-to-agent transport designs.
Best-fit problems
Interoperating independently built agent services.
Tradeoffs & cautions
Protocol compatibility does not imply shared trust, permissions or reasoning quality.
What to test before choosing
Validate malformed/adversarial inputs and schema evolution; test semantic checks separately from syntax.
Runtime & hardware
Application boundary or decoder
Access & licensing
Generally open specifications/libraries; implementations vary
Execution
Format / protocol / component
Lifecycle
Not independently audited
Comparison basis
Editorial problem-fit judgement; no head-to-head benchmark performed
Connected concepts
Alternatives to investigate
Model Context Protocol (MCP) · OpenAPI