MCP as an independent standard
https://aaif.io/
https://openai.com/index/agentic-ai-foundation/
In December 2025, Anthropic transferred the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) — a specialized foundation managed by the Linux Foundation. MCP became one of the founding projects of the newly created foundation. Along with MCP, the foundation included projects like goose by Block and AGENTS.md by OpenAI.

Agent Skills as an open standard
https://claude.com/blog/organization-skills-and-directory
https://agentskills.io and https://claude.com/connectors
Agent Skills was announced as an independent open standard on December 18, 2025, with a specification and SDK; it was not transferred to the Linux Foundation or AAIF. Microsoft has already adopted Agent Skills in VS Code and GitHub Copilot; it is also supported by Cursor, Goose, Amp, and OpenCode where Anthropic models are available.

Agent Skills Playground
https://skillsplayground.com/
On this site, by entering your API key, you can experiment with how different models utilize various skills.

Claude code 2.0.74
Added the LSP tool (Language Server Protocol) for code intelligence features such as go-to-definition, find references, and hover tooltips. This significantly improves the development experience, making code navigation faster and more convenient. For now, the agent rarely uses LSP autonomously. The open-source project OpenCode has had LSP support for about 6 months, making the slow progress of proprietary software surprising.

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