AI agents are evolving from chat wrappers into systems that connect to tools, communicate with other agents, and run in production. But the infrastructure underneath, the protocols, runtimes, gateways, and conventions, is still being built. That's where the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) comes in.
AAIF is an open and neutral home at the Linux Foundation for the standards, protocols, and open source projects that make agentic AI work. I was recently selected as an AAIF Ambassador, and this post is my attempt to map out the four core projects, how they fit together, and, most importantly, where you can start contributing today.
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The Four AAIF Projects
MCP: The Protocol
