Data structures and serialization formats for agent-to-agent communication. Covers message envelopes, structured output schemas, capability declarations, task handoff payloads, error/retry signaling, and context windows as data structures. Deep comparison of A2A protocol, MCP, OpenAI function calling, and LangChain message types. Teaches when to use rigid schemas vs free-form with validation, typed vs untyped, streaming vs batch. Activate on: "agent message format", "agent communication schema", "agent-to-agent protocol", "A2A protocol", "MCP message format", "structured output for agents", "agent interop", "interchange format", "agent serialization", "task handoff format", "capability declaration". NOT for: what agents say to each other (use agent-conversation-protocols), orchestration topology (use multi-agent-coordination), building agent infrastructure (use agentic-infrastructure-2026).
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Data structures and serialization formats for agent-to-agent communication. Covers message envelopes, structured output schemas, capability declarations, task handoff payloads, error/retry signaling, and context windows as data structures. Deep comparison of A2A protocol, MCP, OpenAI function calling, and LangChain message types. Teaches when to use rigid schemas vs free-form with validation, typed vs untyped, streaming vs batch. Activate on: "agent message format", "agent communication schema", "agent-to-agent protocol", "A2A protocol", "MCP message format", "structured output for agents", "agent interop", "interchange format", "agent serialization", "task handoff format", "capability declaration". NOT for: what agents say to each other (use agent-conversation-protocols), orchestration topology (use multi-agent-coordination), building agent infrastructure (use agentic-infrastructure-2026).
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Data structures and serialization formats for agent-to-agent communication. Covers message envelopes, structured output schemas, capability declarations, task handoff payloads, error/retry signaling, and context windows as data structures. Deep comparison of A2A protocol, MCP, OpenAI function calling, and LangChain message types. Teaches when to use rigid schemas vs free-form with validation, typed vs untyped, streaming vs batch. Activate on: "agent message format", "agent communication schema", "agent-to-agent protocol", "A2A protocol", "MCP message format", "structured output for agents", "agent interop", "interchange format", "agent serialization", "task handoff format", "capability declaration". NOT for: what agents say to each other (use agent-conversation-protocols), orchestration topology (use multi-agent-coordination), building agent infrastructure (use agentic-infrastructure-2026).
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Engineering
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English
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Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
Claude Code
Codex
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
Gemini CLI