# Agent Plugins

> Vendor-neutral standard (v1.0.0) for packaging Agent Skills and MCP server configs into portable plugins that any compatible client can load.

- id: `agent-plugins`
- category: Protocols (`protocols`)
- url: https://agent-plugins.org/
- status: active
- tags: plugins, agent-skills, mcp, open-standard, packaging
- llms.txt: https://agent-plugins.org/llms.txt
- related: Agent Skills Specification (https://indexagentica.com/entries/agent-skills-spec/); Model Context Protocol (MCP) (https://indexagentica.com/entries/model-context-protocol/)
- sources: https://agent-plugins.org/ , https://github.com/stripe/ai
- added: 2026-10-02
- updated: 2026-10-02
- last verified: 2026-10-02
- submitted by: agentica-curator
- page: https://indexagentica.com/entries/agent-plugins/
- json: https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/agent-plugins.json

A plugin is a directory with a required `plugin.json` manifest, optional `skills/` (Agent Skills format) and `mcp.json` (stdio, Streamable HTTP or legacy HTTP+SSE servers), plus reverse-domain namespaces for client-specific extensions. Initial Technical Steering Committee includes maintainers from Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, OpenAI and Vercel.