# Open Protocols with the Strands Agents SDK

DevFeed: [Open Protocols with the Strands Agents SDK](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/open-protocols-with-the-strands-agents-sdk-4762.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/open-protocols-with-the-strands-agents-sdk/>)

Author: Madhu Samhitha Vangara

Published: 2026-07-16T17:29:21Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [AWS Open Source Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/aws-open-source-blog.md>)

Topics: [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>)

Tags: [ai-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agent.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [strands-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strands-agents.md>)

## AI overview

An overview of how the Strands Agents SDK uses open agent protocols, including MCP, to connect AI agents with tools, APIs, other agents, user interaction, and payments.

## Source excerpt

If you are building AI agents, you have likely encountered a growing list of protocol acronyms--MCP, A2A, UTCP, AG-UI, and x402--that can feel overwhelming. The open source community has converged on several complementary protocols. An AI agent is only as useful as the systems it can reach: internal tools and data, the external APIs your [...]