Google and Industry Partners Announce Agentic Resource Discovery Specification for AI Agents
Google and industry partners announced Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD) Specification, an open standard for publishing, discovering, and verifying AI tools, APIs, and agents. ARD introduces a discovery layer built on catalogs and registries, enabling dynamic capability discovery while leveraging existing protocols such as MCP and OpenAPI for execution and emphasizing trust and interoperability. By Leela Kumili
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Published: 14 July 2026
Source: InfoQ AI/ML
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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