Glossary · term
Agent Card
Structured metadata describing an agent: its endpoint, skills, communication modes, security requirements, and input and output formats. It serves as the agentic equivalent of an API service card, enabling automatic discovery and interoperability. Introduced by Google in the A2A specification (April 2025).
AgentsIV 2025 (z A2A)Wave 2 · 2024Maturity: 2/5
Maturity rationale
Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) — in the standardization phase