# Agent Plugins package your skills, tools, and more

DevFeed: [Agent Plugins package your skills, tools, and more](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/agent-plugins-package-your-skills-tools-and-more-4203.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.googleblog.com/agent-plugins-package-your-skills-tools-and-more/>)

Author: Kevin Hou; Haoyu Wang; Alan Blount

Published: 2026-09-12T11:04:33.891311Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Google Developers Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/google-developers-blog.md>)

Topics: [Agent Skills](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-skills.md>), [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol-mcp.md>), [MCP Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mcp-server.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [Vercel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vercel.md>)

Tags: [agent-skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-skills.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainers.md>), [manifest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manifest.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp-server.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugin.md>), [portable](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/portable.md>), [skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/skills.md>), [vercel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vercel.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces Agent Plugins 1.0.0, a vendor-neutral specification for packaging Agent Skills and MCP servers into portable plugins. It standardizes the manifest and directory layout so developers can distribute one package across clients while preserving client-specific flexibility. Google is joining the Core Maintainers and beginning support in its products.

## Source excerpt

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.