The A2A protocol, explained — and where MCP and multi-agent squads fit
Agent-to-agent (A2A) is the open protocol for letting one AI agent delegate a task to another, with discovery via a public Agent Card and a task lifecycle over JSON-RPC. This explainer decodes what A2A actually specifies, how it complements the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and how Devotel Orbit's multi-agent squads sit on top of it.
- A2A protocol
- MCP
- multi-agent
- agent squads
- agent federation