Catalog Systems Agent frameworks (no first-party memory layer) AGNTCY (Internet of Agents)

AGNTCY (Internet of Agents)

https://agntcy.org/

Cisco + LangChain-led 'Internet of Agents' collective — open standards for discovery, messaging, observability of agent networks.

Active · Verified 2026-10-26 · fresh as of 2026-10-26 · 18 cited facts, 1 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction

At a glance

Type
Cisco-LangChain agent-mesh protocols vendor fix
Tier
T3
Section
Agent frameworks (no first-party memory layer)
Created
2025 vendor fix
Latest release
searched not found fix
License
Apache-2.0 vendor fix
GitHub
agntcy (org, ~51 repos) — top: agntcy/oasf ~339 stars, agntcy/slim ~226 stars, last commit 2026-10 repo fix
Pricing
free (OSS) repo fix
Funding
n/a — Cisco/Outshift-initiated; donated to and governed by the Linux Foundation third-party fix
Freshness
2026-10-26 fix
Layer
agent-infra repo fix
Licensing
open-source vendor fix
Deployment locus
local vendor fix
Platform vs product
platform vendor fix
SDK languages
csharp, go, java, kotlin, python, typescript vendor fix
Protocols
a2a, opentelemetry vendor fix

When to use

Optimised for: searched not found

Anti-fit: searched not found

Pros & cons

Pros

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Cons

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Claims & capabilities

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Technical surface

API surface
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Backend storage
not applicable — not a memory product
Deployment
Self-hosted only — open-source components (OASF, SLIM, Directory, Identity)
Embedding model
not applicable — not a memory product
Multi-tenancy
searched not found
MCP
yes — official (AGNTCY Identity onboards/verifies MCP servers)
A2A
searched not found
OpenTelemetry
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Sources (17 cited facts, 1 third-party)

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  1. 2026-10-26
    • Pricing first recorded as “free (OSS)” source
    • Funding / ownership first recorded as “n/a — Cisco/Outshift-initiated; donated to and governed by the Linux Foundation” source
    • Deployment first recorded as “Self-hosted only — open-source components (OASF, SLIM, Directory, Identity)” source
    • MCP support first recorded as “yes — official (AGNTCY Identity onboards/verifies MCP servers)” source
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