Agent Skills in 2026: Portable, Popular, Unmeasured
August 9, 2026
Agent Plugins 1.0 makes agent skills portable across VS Code, Cursor, Codex and Copilot. But what is inside the skill, not its packaging, decides if it works.
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Agent Skills in 2026: Portable Now, Verified Rarely
August 9, 2026
Agent Plugins 1.0 makes agent skills portable across VS Code, Cursor, Codex and Copilot. But benchmarks, not packaging, decide whether a skill actually works.
AI Agents Calling Businesses: The 2026 Phone Handoff
August 4, 2026
Google's AI agents now call local businesses that increasingly answer with AI. Inside agentic calling, voice agent costs, and the TCPA disclosure gap in 2026.
IETF Weighs an AI Agent Protocol Standard in 2026
July 24, 2026
At IETF 126 in Vienna, the agentproto BoF put AI agent protocols like MCP and A2A under standards-body scrutiny. Here is what an IETF RFC would actually change.
EU Opens Android to Rival AI Agents: 2026 DMA Order
July 21, 2026
The EU's July 16 decision forces Google to open 11 Android features to rival AI agents — voice wake, screen automation, and background execution by 2027.