OpenAI, Microsoft, AWS, Cursor, GitHub, and Vercel published Agent Plugins 1.0.0 on August 6. A single plugin.json bundles skills and MCP servers, and Anthropic, which authored both ingredients, is not on the list.
GitHub Agentic Workflows is now in public preview, turning Markdown automation intent into GitHub Actions runs for triage, CI analysis, docs updates, and safe agent outputs.
Vercel Sandbox Drives is in private beta, separating short-lived Firecracker microVMs from persistent AI agent workspaces.
Microsoft Work IQ APIs reach GA on June 16, bringing Microsoft 365 work context, ten MCP-style tools, and Copilot Credits pricing to agents.
Google Research introduced Agentic RAG for Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, with cross-corpus routing and a sufficient-context check before answers are finalized.
Claude’s June 2 model error incident shows why AI agent products need retry, checkpoint, fallback, and human handoff design.
Microsoft Scout connects an OpenClaw-style always-on agent to Teams, Outlook, shell, browser, MCP, and Agent 365 controls.
RelationalAI expanded Rel inside Snowflake with a GA prescriptive reasoner, OSI porting, and coding skills for CoCo, Claude Code, Codex, and Copilot.
Asana is packaging Dash, AI Teammates, StackAI, and Command by Asana as an operating system for human-agent teams.
Microsoft tied Aion 1.0 Plan, Edge on-device AI APIs, Windows AI APIs, and MXC into a local agent path for Windows builders.
Sema4.ai introduced Agent Builder, MCP Access Gallery, Business Context Layer, verified queries, and audit logs for enterprise back-office agents.
Google AX is an open source runtime for long-running agents, covering resumption, isolation, auditability, and Kubernetes deployment.