# NetClaws, Assemble: introducing N2N Federation and the NCFED protocol

DevFeed: [NetClaws, Assemble: introducing N2N Federation and the NCFED protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/netclaws-assemble-introducing-n2n-federation-and-the-ncfed-protocol-60907.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://automateyournetwork.com/uncategorized/netclaws-assemble-introducing-n2n-federation-and-the-ncfed-protocol/>)

Author: John Capobianco

Published: 2026-07-12T12:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Automate Your Network](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/automate-your-network.md>)

Topics: [A2A protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/a2a-protocol.md>), [Cloud Networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-networking.md>), [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [graphql-federation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql-federation.md>)

Tags: [a2a](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/a2a.md>), [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agent2agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent2agent.md>), [audit-trail](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit-trail.md>), [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [cisco-modeling-labs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cisco-modeling-labs.md>), [consent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/consent.md>), [kill-switch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kill-switch.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [mcp-servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp-servers.md>), [meraki](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meraki.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [model-context-protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model-context-protocol.md>), [netclaw](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netclaw.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [ngrok](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ngrok.md>), [ospf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ospf.md>), [pyats](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pyats.md>)

## AI overview

NetClaw introduces N2N Federation and the NCFED protocol to let AI network engineering agents discover one another's skills, call tools, and communicate across a mesh. The article describes consent controls, default-deny authorization, budgets, a kill switch, and audit trails, and compares NCFED with MCP and A2A.

## Source excerpt

NetClaw's mesh could always tell you who was online. Now it tells you what they can do -- and lets you use it. Introducing N2N Federation and NCFED, a new protocol for federating AI network engineers safely.