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Policy & safety · 23 October 2026

Anthropic Donates Agent Skills Standard to Linux‑Funded AAIF

Anthropic has donated the Agent Skills standard and the Model Context Protocol to the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation, a community‑driven, vendor‑neutral body co‑founded with Block and OpenAI.

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