Agent Plugins Explained - One Format for Every AI Agent

Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, OpenAI and Vercel just agreed on ONE plugin format for AI agents. It's called Agent Plugins 1.0, and in this video I walk through the entire spec, line by line, so you understand exactly how it works. You'll learn: - Why every AI agent app invented its own incompatible plugin format - What an Agent Plugin actually is (spoiler: it's just a folder) - The plugin.json manifest, field by field, and why it's "closed" - MCP servers, skills, and the ${PLUGIN_ROOT} / ${PLUGIN_DATA} placeholders - The exact 5-step, fault-tolerant sequence a client uses to load a plugin Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - A new standard 5 giants agreed on 0:59 - The problem: plugin format fragmentation 2:22 - Plugin anatomy: it's just a folder 3:35 - The plugin.json manifest, line by line 5:03 - MCP servers & skills 6:36 - How a client loads it (the 5 steps) 8:07 - Recap & why this matters Spec: https://agent-plugins.org ----------------- SimpleTech - What they didn't teach you in college Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@demhasmai?sub_confirmation=1