With the rapid evolution of AI agents, standards are emerging for how they authenticate, connect to tools, and communicate with each other.
Here are interactive walkthroughs of the most important ones: what they solve, how they work, and where the gaps remain.
Everything above the line works within your trust domain. TSP is the emerging layer for when agents need to verify strangers.
Understanding AgentGateway: The Security Gateway for MCP and A2A
Explainer on AgentGateway for securing AI agent traffic with centralized auth and policies
Understanding AgentGateway: The Security Gateway for MCP and A2AUnderstanding TSP: The Trust Spanning Protocol Explained
Explainer on Trust Spanning Protocol for decentralized identity and cross-org agent trust
Understanding TSP: The Trust Spanning Protocol ExplainedUnderstanding MCP: Anthropic's Model Context Protocol Explained
Interactive explainer on Anthropic's MCP protocol for connecting AI agents to tools
Understanding MCP: Anthropic's Model Context Protocol ExplainedUnderstanding A2A: Google's Agent-to-Agent Protocol Explained
Interactive explainer on Google's A2A protocol for agent-to-agent communication
Understanding A2A: Google's Agent-to-Agent Protocol ExplainedUnderstanding OAuth On-Behalf-Of: The OBO Token Exchange Flow Explained
Interactive explainer on OAuth OBO flow and RFC 8693 token exchange for AI agents
Understanding OAuth On-Behalf-Of: The OBO Token Exchange Flow Explained