Discovery Protocol
A protocol that defines how agents or services advertise their capabilities, discover available resources, and retrieve metadata needed for interaction.
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Related terms
The process of identifying available agent or service capabilities so they can be selected and invoked by compatible systems.
Service DiscoveryThe mechanism by which autonomous agents or network services automatically locate and identify available endpoints.
Registry LookupThe action or process of querying an agent or service registry to find and retrieve metadata or connection endpoints.
Capability RegistryA registry that stores and organizes capability metadata, enabling agents and services to discover available functions and interfaces.
Agent DirectoryA searchable directory that lists available AI agents along with their capabilities, metadata, and endpoints to support discovery and selection.