# OpenAI introduces Agent Plugins open standard

OpenAI and partners introduced Agent Plugins, an open standard that packages Agent Skills and supports MCP server configurations in a shared format.

- Agent Plugins packages Agent Skills in a shared format and supports MCP server configurations
- Developed with AWS, Cursor, GitHub, Code, and Vercel
- Lets developers build a plugin once and use it across compatible agent clients

## Why it matters

Developers can now build agent plugins once and run them across multiple compatible clients instead of maintaining separate implementations per platform.

## Sources

- [OpenAI: OpenAI introduces Agent Plugins open standard](https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2085398373511918022)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-08-06. https://dstilled.ai/story/1f928084-d023-4364-b097-398b10374563