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Introducing Agent Plugins 1.0.0

Agent Plugins 1.0.0, an open, vendor-neutral standard for packaging Agent Skills and MCP servers into portable plugins, is now available, supported by ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Kiro, and VS Code. The standard defines a common format with a root plugin.json manifest and fixed locations for portable components, while each client retains control over installation, distribution, policy, and user experience.

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Agent Plugins 1.0.0 is now available. It is an open, vendor-neutral standard for packaging Agent Skills and MCP servers into portable plugins. Compatible agent clients can discover and load them.

Agent Plugins defines a common format: a root plugin.json

manifest, plus fixed locations for portable components. Each client keeps control of installation, distribution, policy, user experience, and client-specific capabilities.

At launch, Agent Plugins is supported across the following clients:

ChatGPT and Codex

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Kiro

VS Code

Read the specification and implementation guides, learn more in the announcement post, and follow our guide to build a plugin on the new standard.

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