A2A and MCP explained: with ADK

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This video demystifies Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication Protocol and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), two key open standards for creating sophisticated AI agents that can work together. We'll show you how to use the Agent Development Kit (ADK) to create specialized agents that can communicate, delegate tasks, and collaborate securely and efficiently to solve complex problems. Follow along with our practical guide to implement A2A and MCP in your own ADK projects.



Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

1:10 - Agent usecase

2:19 - What is A2A protocol?

3:02 - What is MCP?

4:06 - Architecture

5:14 - Code walkthrough: Define agents

6:18 - Define client A2A agent

9:00 - Define remote A2A agent

11:06 - A2A Agent Card

12:57 - How to host remote agent?

13:25 - How to expose inventory tools as an MCP server

15:51 - Demo

22:20 - Community questions

24:18 - Outro and next steps



Resources:

Code from this tutorial →

ADK documentation → https://google.github.io/adk-docs/

A2A Protocol official site → https://a2a-protocol.org/latest/

Learn more about the Agent Development Kit → https://google.github.io/adk-docs/



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Products Mentioned: Agent Developer Kit (ADK)