--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "d3c7033d28d6d79f459aa4ee941c9db07ee4b4de91618a5f6fa0c017bf62ed69" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/d3c7033d?lang=en" title: "Agent Plugins package your skills, tools, and more" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-15T19:46:17.000Z" category: "Agents" topics: [] source_urls: ["https://developers.googleblog.com/agent-plugins-package-your-skills-tools-and-more/"] summary: "Agent Plugins 1.0.0 is a new, vendor-neutral directory specification—backed by Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and others—for packaging Agent Skills and MCP servers into a single portable unit. By standardizing the manifest (plugin.json) and utilizing a fixed directory layout, it eliminates the need for developers to maintain separate wrappers or configurations to support different AI coding agents and IDEs. Google has officially joined as a Core Maintainer and already rolled out support in the Agents CLI and Data Agent Kit, allowing developers to start building and distributing interoperable plugins today." --- # Agent Plugins package your skills, tools, and more > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-15T19:46:17.000Z **Category:** Agents ## Summary Agent Plugins 1\.0\.0 is a new, vendor\-neutral directory specification—backed by Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and others—for packaging Agent Skills and MCP servers into a single portable unit\. By standardizing the manifest \(plugin\.json\) and utilizing a fixed directory layout, it eliminates the need for developers to maintain separate wrappers or configurations to support different AI coding agents and IDEs\. Google has officially joined as a Core Maintainer and already rolled out support in the Agents CLI and Data Agent Kit, allowing developers to start building and distributing interoperable plugins today\. ## Sources - [Story source]()