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Builds Agent-to-Agent (A2A) servers and clients following Google's open protocol for agent interoperability. Use when the user wants to create an A2A-compliant

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Overview

Builds Agent-to-Agent (A2A) servers and clients following Google's open protocol for agent interoperability. Use when the user wants to create an A2A-compliant agent, build an Agent Card, implement task management, connect agents across frameworks, set up agent discovery, handle streaming responses, implement push notifications, or orchestrate multi-agent workflows. Trigger words: a2a, agent to agent, agent2agent, a2a protocol, a2a server, a2a client, agent card, agent interoperability, agent collaboration, multi-agent, agent discovery, a2a sdk, a2a task.

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A2A Protocol

Overview

Implements the Agent2Agent (A2A) open protocol for communication between AI agents built on different frameworks. A2A enables agents to discover each other via Agent Cards, negotiate interaction modalities, manage collaborative tasks, and exchange data — all without exposing internal state, memory, or tools. Supports JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP(S), streaming via SSE, gRPC, and async push notifications.

Instructions

1. Core Concepts

A2A Client: Initiates requests to an A2A Server (on behalf of a user or another agent)
A2A Server (Remote Agent): Exposes an A2A-compliant endpoint, processes tasks
Agent Card: JSON metadata at /.well-known/agent.json describing identity, capabilities, skills, endpoint, auth
Task: Unit of work with lifecycle (submitted → working → input-required → completed/failed/canceled/rejected)
Message: Communication turn (role: "user" or "agent") containing Parts (text, file, or JSON)
Artifact: Output generated by the agent (documents, images, structured data)

2. Python SDK Setup

pip install a2a-sdk              # Core
pip install "a2a-sdk[http-server]" # With FastAPI/Starlette
pip install "a2a-sdk[grpc]"      # With gRPC

3. Building an A2A Server (Python)

from a2a.types import AgentCard, AgentSkill, AgentCapabilities
from a2a.server.agent_execution import AgentExecutor, RequestContext
from a2a.server.events import EventQueue
from a2a.server.apps.starlette import A2AStarletteApplication
from a2a.server.request_handler import DefaultRequestHandler
from a2a.types import Message, TextPart, TaskState, TaskStatus
import uvicorn

agent_card = AgentCard(
    name="Research Assistant",
    description="Searches the web and answers questions with citations.",
    url="https://research-agent.example.com",
    version="1.0.0",
    capabilities=AgentCapabilities(streaming=True, pushNotifications=True),
    skills=[AgentSkill(
        id="web-search", name="Web Search",
        description="Search the web for current information",
        tags=["search", "research"], examples=["Find the latest news about AI regulation"],
    )],
    defaultInputModes=["text/plain"],
    defaultOutputModes=["text/plain", "application/json"],
)

class ResearchAgentExecutor(AgentExecutor):
    async def execute(self, context: RequestContext, event_queue: EventQueue):
        query = context.get_user_message().parts[0].text
        await event_queue.enqueue_event(
            TaskStatus(state=TaskState.working, message=Message(
                role="agent", parts=[TextPart(text="Searching...")]
            ))
        )
        result = await self._research(query)
        await event_queue.enqueue_event(
            TaskStatus(state=TaskState.completed, message=Message(
                role="agent", parts=[TextPart(text=result)]
            ))
        )

    async def cancel(self, context: RequestContext, event_queue: EventQueue):
        await event_queue.enqueue_event(TaskStatus(state=TaskState.canceled))

    async def _research(self, query: str) -> str:
        return f"Research results for: {query}"

# Start server — Agent Card auto-served at /.well-known/agent.json
agent_executor = ResearchAgentExecutor()
request_handler = DefaultRequestHandler(agent_executor=agent_executor, task_store=InMemoryTaskStore())
app = A2AStarletteApplication(agent_card=agent_card, http_handler=request_handler)
uvicorn.run(app.build(), host="0.0.0.0", port=8000)

4. Building an A2A Client (Python)

from a2a.client import A2AClient
from a2a.types import MessageSendParams, SendMessageRequest, Message, TextPart

client = await A2AClient.get_client_from_agent_card_url(
    "https://research-agent.example.com/.well-known/agent.json"
)

# Synchronous request
request = SendMessageRequest(params=MessageSendParams(
    message=Message(role="user", parts=[TextPart(text="Latest quantum computing developments?")])
))
response = await client.send_message(request)

if hasattr(response, 'status'):
    print(f"Task {response.id}: {response.status.state}")
    if response.status.message:
        print(response.status.message.parts[0].text)

# Streaming response
async for event in client.send_message_streaming(request):
    if hasattr(event, 'status') and event.status.message:
        for part in event.status.message.parts:
            if hasattr(part, 'text'):
                print(part.text, end="", flush=True)

5. Node.js SDK

npm install @a2a-js/sdk

import { A2AServer, A2AClient, TaskState } from '@a2a-js/sdk';

// Server
const server = new A2AServer({
  agentCard: {
    name: 'Code Reviewer', description: 'Reviews code for bugs and best practices',
    url: 'https://code-reviewer.example.com', version: '1.0.0',
    capabilities: { streaming: true },
    skills: [{ id: 'review', name: 'Code Review', description: 'Analyze code for issues', tags: ['code', 'review'] }],
    defaultInputModes: ['text/plain'], defaultOutputModes: ['text/plain'],
  },
  async onMessage(context, eventQueue) {
    const userText = context.getUserMessage().parts[0].text;
    await eventQueue.enqueue({ status: { state: TaskState.WORKING, message: { role: 'agent', parts: [{ text: 'Reviewing...' }] } } });
    const review = await reviewCode(userText);
    await eventQueue.enqueue({ status: { state: TaskState.COMPLETED, message: { role: 'agent', parts: [{ text: review }] } } });
  },
});
server.listen(8000);

// Client
const client = await A2AClient.fromAgentCardUrl('https://code-reviewer.example.com/.well-known/agent.json');
const response = await client.sendMessage({
  message: { role: 'user', parts: [{ text: 'Review: function add(a,b) { return a + b; }' }] },
});

6. Multi-Agent Orchestration

# Sequential: research → write → review
research_agent = await A2AClient.get_client_from_agent_card_url("https://research-agent.example.com/.well-known/agent.json")
writer_agent = await A2AClient.get_client_from_agent_card_url("https://writer-agent.example.com/.well-known/agent.json")

research_result = await research_agent.send_message(SendMessageRequest(
    params=MessageSendParams(message=Message(role="user", parts=[TextPart(text="Research quantum computing breakthroughs 2025")]))
))
article = await writer_agent.send_message(SendMessageRequest(
    params=MessageSendParams(message=Message(role="user", parts=[TextPart(text=f"Write blog post: {research_result.status.message.parts[0].text}")]))
))

# Parallel fan-out
import asyncio
results = await asyncio.gather(
    query_agent(agent_a, "Analyze market trends"),
    query_agent(agent_b, "Analyze competitor products"),
    query_agent(agent_c, "Analyze customer feedback"),
)

7. A2A vs MCP

	A2A	MCP
Purpose	Agent-to-agent communication	Agent-to-tool communication
Actors	Agent ↔ Agent	Agent ↔ Tool/Data source
Tasks	Stateful, long-running, async	Stateless function calls
Use when	Delegating to another autonomous agent	Calling a specific tool/API

Examples

Example 1: Customer Support Router

Input: "Build an A2A server that acts as a customer support router. It receives customer queries and delegates to specialized agents: billing-agent, technical-agent, and sales-agent based on the query content."

Output: A2A server with Agent Card listing routing as its primary skill, message handler that classifies queries, A2A client connections to 3 downstream agents, task forwarding with context preservation, aggregated response, and fallback to human handoff.

Example 2: Code Pipeline Agents

Input: "Create a multi-agent code pipeline: code-writer generates code, test-writer creates tests, code-reviewer reviews both. Each is an independent A2A server. Build an orchestrator."

Output: 3 A2A server implementations each with Agent Card and execution logic, orchestrator client with sequential pipeline (write → test → review), streaming updates, and error handling with feedback loops on rejection.

Guidelines

Serve the Agent Card at /.well-known/agent.json — this is the standard discovery endpoint
Use descriptive skill definitions — other agents use these to decide whether to delegate to you
Always handle the input-required state for human-in-the-loop scenarios
Use streaming for tasks that take more than a few seconds
Implement task cancellation — long-running tasks must be cancellable
Use push notifications for tasks that may take minutes or hours
Keep agents focused — one agent, one capability domain
Use structured data (JSON Parts) for agent-to-agent, text Parts for human-readable responses
Implement authentication on your A2A endpoint — declare the scheme in your Agent Card
A2A is for agent collaboration; use MCP for tool integration within a single agent
Pin SDK versions — the protocol is evolving (currently v0.3.0)

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name: a2a-protocol
description: >-
  Builds Agent-to-Agent (A2A) servers and clients following Google's open
  protocol for agent interoperability. Use when the user wants to create
  an A2A-compliant agent, build an Agent Card, implement task management,
  connect agents across frameworks, set up agent discovery, handle streaming
  responses, implement push notifications, or orchestrate multi-agent
  workflows. Trigger words: a2a, agent to agent, agent2agent, a2a protocol,
  a2a server, a2a client, agent card, agent interoperability, agent
  collaboration, multi-agent, agent discovery, a2a sdk, a2a task.
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: "Python 3.10+ (a2a-sdk) or Node.js 18+ (@a2a-js/sdk). Go and Java SDKs also available."
metadata:
  author: terminal-skills
  version: "1.0.0"
  category: development
  tags: ["a2a", "agents", "interoperability", "protocol"]

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---
name: a2a-protocol
description: >-
  Builds Agent-to-Agent (A2A) servers and clients following Google's open
  protocol for agent interoperability. Use when the user wants to create
  an A2A-compliant agent, build an Agent Card, implement task management,
  connect agents across frameworks, set up agent discovery, handle streaming
  responses, implement push notifications, or orchestrate multi-agent
  workflows. Trigger words: a2a, agent to agent, agent2agent, a2a protocol,
  a2a server, a2a client, agent card, agent interoperability, agent
  collaboration, multi-agent, agent discovery, a2a sdk, a2a task.
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: "Python 3.10+ (a2a-sdk) or Node.js 18+ (@a2a-js/sdk). Go and Java SDKs also available."
metadata:
  author: terminal-skills
  version: "1.0.0"
  category: development
  tags: ["a2a", "agents", "interoperability", "protocol"]
---

# A2A Protocol

## Overview

Implements the Agent2Agent (A2A) open protocol for communication between AI agents built on different frameworks. A2A enables agents to discover each other via Agent Cards, negotiate interaction modalities, manage collaborative tasks, and exchange data — all without exposing internal state, memory, or tools. Supports JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP(S), streaming via SSE, gRPC, and async push notifications.

## Instructions

### 1. Core Concepts

- **A2A Client**: Initiates requests to an A2A Server (on behalf of a user or another agent)
- **A2A Server (Remote Agent)**: Exposes an A2A-compliant endpoint, processes tasks
- **Agent Card**: JSON metadata at `/.well-known/agent.json` describing identity, capabilities, skills, endpoint, auth
- **Task**: Unit of work with lifecycle (submitted → working → input-required → completed/failed/canceled/rejected)
- **Message**: Communication turn (role: "user" or "agent") containing Parts (text, file, or JSON)
- **Artifact**: Output generated by the agent (documents, images, structured data)

### 2. Python SDK Setup

```bash
pip install a2a-sdk              # Core
pip install "a2a-sdk[http-server]" # With FastAPI/Starlette
pip install "a2a-sdk[grpc]"      # With gRPC
```

### 3. Building an A2A Server (Python)

```python
from a2a.types import AgentCard, AgentSkill, AgentCapabilities
from a2a.server.agent_execution import AgentExecutor, RequestContext
from a2a.server.events import EventQueue
from a2a.server.apps.starlette import A2AStarletteApplication
from a2a.server.request_handler import DefaultRequestHandler
from a2a.types import Message, TextPart, TaskState, TaskStatus
import uvicorn

agent_card = AgentCard(
    name="Research Assistant",
    description="Searches the web and answers questions with citations.",
    url="https://research-agent.example.com",
    version="1.0.0",
    capabilities=AgentCapabilities(streaming=True, pushNotifications=True),
    skills=[AgentSkill(
        id="web-search", name="Web Search",
        description="Search the web for current information",
        tags=["search", "research"], examples=["Find the latest news about AI regulation"],
    )],
    defaultInputModes=["text/plain"],
    defaultOutputModes=["text/plain", "application/json"],
)

class ResearchAgentExecutor(AgentExecutor):
    async def execute(self, context: RequestContext, event_queue: EventQueue):
        query = context.get_user_message().parts[0].text
        await event_queue.enqueue_event(
            TaskStatus(state=TaskState.working, message=Message(
                role="agent", parts=[TextPart(text="Searching...")]
            ))
        )
        result = await self._research(query)
        await event_queue.enqueue_event(
            TaskStatus(state=TaskState.completed, message=Message(
                role="agent", parts=[TextPart(text=result)]
            ))
        )

    async def cancel(self, context: RequestContext, event_queue: EventQueue):
        await event_queue.enqueue_event(TaskStatus(state=TaskState.canceled))

    async def _research(self, query: str) -> str:
        return f"Research results for: {query}"

# Start server — Agent Card auto-served at /.well-known/agent.json
agent_executor = ResearchAgentExecutor()
request_handler = DefaultRequestHandler(agent_executor=agent_executor, task_store=InMemoryTaskStore())
app = A2AStarletteApplication(agent_card=agent_card, http_handler=request_handler)
uvicorn.run(app.build(), host="0.0.0.0", port=8000)
```

### 4. Building an A2A Client (Python)

```python
from a2a.client import A2AClient
from a2a.types import MessageSendParams, SendMessageRequest, Message, TextPart

client = await A2AClient.get_client_from_agent_card_url(
    "https://research-agent.example.com/.well-known/agent.json"
)

# Synchronous request
request = SendMessageRequest(params=MessageSendParams(
    message=Message(role="user", parts=[TextPart(text="Latest quantum computing developments?")])
))
response = await client.send_message(request)

if hasattr(response, 'status'):
    print(f"Task {response.id}: {response.status.state}")
    if response.status.message:
        print(response.status.message.parts[0].text)

# Streaming response
async for event in client.send_message_streaming(request):
    if hasattr(event, 'status') and event.status.message:
        for part in event.status.message.parts:
            if hasattr(part, 'text'):
                print(part.text, end="", flush=True)
```

### 5. Node.js SDK

```bash
npm install @a2a-js/sdk
```

```javascript
import { A2AServer, A2AClient, TaskState } from '@a2a-js/sdk';

// Server
const server = new A2AServer({
  agentCard: {
    name: 'Code Reviewer', description: 'Reviews code for bugs and best practices',
    url: 'https://code-reviewer.example.com', version: '1.0.0',
    capabilities: { streaming: true },
    skills: [{ id: 'review', name: 'Code Review', description: 'Analyze code for issues', tags: ['code', 'review'] }],
    defaultInputModes: ['text/plain'], defaultOutputModes: ['text/plain'],
  },
  async onMessage(context, eventQueue) {
    const userText = context.getUserMessage().parts[0].text;
    await eventQueue.enqueue({ status: { state: TaskState.WORKING, message: { role: 'agent', parts: [{ text: 'Reviewing...' }] } } });
    const review = await reviewCode(userText);
    await eventQueue.enqueue({ status: { state: TaskState.COMPLETED, message: { role: 'agent', parts: [{ text: review }] } } });
  },
});
server.listen(8000);

// Client
const client = await A2AClient.fromAgentCardUrl('https://code-reviewer.example.com/.well-known/agent.json');
const response = await client.sendMessage({
  message: { role: 'user', parts: [{ text: 'Review: function add(a,b) { return a + b; }' }] },
});
```

### 6. Multi-Agent Orchestration

```python
# Sequential: research → write → review
research_agent = await A2AClient.get_client_from_agent_card_url("https://research-agent.example.com/.well-known/agent.json")
writer_agent = await A2AClient.get_client_from_agent_card_url("https://writer-agent.example.com/.well-known/agent.json")

research_result = await research_agent.send_message(SendMessageRequest(
    params=MessageSendParams(message=Message(role="user", parts=[TextPart(text="Research quantum computing breakthroughs 2025")]))
))
article = await writer_agent.send_message(SendMessageRequest(
    params=MessageSendParams(message=Message(role="user", parts=[TextPart(text=f"Write blog post: {research_result.status.message.parts[0].text}")]))
))

# Parallel fan-out
import asyncio
results = await asyncio.gather(
    query_agent(agent_a, "Analyze market trends"),
    query_agent(agent_b, "Analyze competitor products"),
    query_agent(agent_c, "Analyze customer feedback"),
)
```

### 7. A2A vs MCP

| | A2A | MCP |
|---|---|---|
| **Purpose** | Agent-to-agent communication | Agent-to-tool communication |
| **Actors** | Agent ↔ Agent | Agent ↔ Tool/Data source |
| **Tasks** | Stateful, long-running, async | Stateless function calls |
| **Use when** | Delegating to another autonomous agent | Calling a specific tool/API |

## Examples

### Example 1: Customer Support Router

**Input:** "Build an A2A server that acts as a customer support router. It receives customer queries and delegates to specialized agents: billing-agent, technical-agent, and sales-agent based on the query content."

**Output:** A2A server with Agent Card listing routing as its primary skill, message handler that classifies queries, A2A client connections to 3 downstream agents, task forwarding with context preservation, aggregated response, and fallback to human handoff.

### Example 2: Code Pipeline Agents

**Input:** "Create a multi-agent code pipeline: code-writer generates code, test-writer creates tests, code-reviewer reviews both. Each is an independent A2A server. Build an orchestrator."

**Output:** 3 A2A server implementations each with Agent Card and execution logic, orchestrator client with sequential pipeline (write → test → review), streaming updates, and error handling with feedback loops on rejection.

## Guidelines

- Serve the Agent Card at `/.well-known/agent.json` — this is the standard discovery endpoint
- Use descriptive skill definitions — other agents use these to decide whether to delegate to you
- Always handle the `input-required` state for human-in-the-loop scenarios
- Use streaming for tasks that take more than a few seconds
- Implement task cancellation — long-running tasks must be cancellable
- Use push notifications for tasks that may take minutes or hours
- Keep agents focused — one agent, one capability domain
- Use structured data (JSON Parts) for agent-to-agent, text Parts for human-readable responses
- Implement authentication on your A2A endpoint — declare the scheme in your Agent Card
- A2A is for agent collaboration; use MCP for tool integration within a single agent
- Pin SDK versions — the protocol is evolving (currently v0.3.0)

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A2A Protocol

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1. Core Concepts

2. Python SDK Setup

3. Building an A2A Server (Python)

4. Building an A2A Client (Python)

5. Node.js SDK

6. Multi-Agent Orchestration

7. A2A vs MCP

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