How to Let AI Agents Sign Up for Your App Safely — Isabelle Williams, WorkOS
Learn how to build agent-ready apps using open standards. We cover the auth.md protocol, ID-JAG identity assertions, and scoped tokens for secure agent access.
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Why AI Agents Need a Data Harness, Not Just a Lakehouse AI agents require a 'data harness' optimized for conversational pace. This requires combining open standards (Iceberg, Arrow) with a semantic layer to ensure data is accessible, understandable, and performant.Recent signals
How to Let AI Agents Sign Up for Your App Safely — Isabelle Williams, WorkOS Learn how to build agent-ready apps using open standards. We cover the auth.md protocol, ID-JAG identity assertions, and scoped tokens for secure agent access. The Universal Remote Control for AI — Alex Hancock, Block The Agent Client Protocol (ACP) proposes a universal standard for client-to-harness communication in AI. By standardizing the interface using JSON RPC, ACP allows multiple client applications to drive the same agent, making the entire agentic stack modular and interoperable. Evolving AI chat with MCP Apps - Phil Nash - NDC Copenhagen 2026 MCP Apps is an open standard that brings rich, interactive web UIs into AI chats. By using sandboxed HTML/CSS/JS within an iframe, agents can guide users through complex tasks like booking or shopping, moving beyond boring text walls.
The Universal Remote Control for AI — Alex Hancock, Block
The Agent Client Protocol (ACP) proposes a universal standard for client-to-harness communication in AI. By standardizing the interface using JSON RPC, ACP allows multiple client applications to drive the same agent, making the entire agentic stack modular and interoperable.
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Evolving AI chat with MCP Apps - Phil Nash - NDC Copenhagen 2026
MCP Apps is an open standard that brings rich, interactive web UIs into AI chats. By using sandboxed HTML/CSS/JS within an iframe, agents can guide users through complex tasks like booking or shopping, moving beyond boring text walls.
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Why AI Agents Need a Data Harness, Not Just a Lakehouse
AI agents require a 'data harness' optimized for conversational pace. This requires combining open standards (Iceberg, Arrow) with a semantic layer to ensure data is accessible, understandable, and performant.
Read article