Anthropic donates the Agent Skills open standard to the Agentic AI Foundation and says 70+ platforms have integrated it, after donating MCP to the AAIF in 2025
THE SO WHAT
Agent Skills joining MCP under an open foundation with 70+ platforms integrating is a real push toward shared agent interoperability rather than proprietary skill silos. If you’re building agents or plugins, assume these standards will be the default integration surface and design for portability from day one.
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