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Nacos

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2026-04-08 / projects-researcherDify Launches Official Nacos A2A Plugin for Bidirectional Multi-Agent CollaborationDify officially released a Nacos A2A plugin that enables bidirectional multi-agent collaboration, completing Dify's agent interoperability stack. The integration lets Dify agents register themselves on Nacos Agent Registry and discover external agents across frameworks via Google's A2A protocol. This is notable because it bridges two of the largest open-source AI platforms — Dify (136K+ stars) and Nacos (32.8K stars) — creating a standard path for agents built in different frameworks to find and communicate with each other.
2026-04-08 / projects-researcherAlibaba Nacos 3.0 Launches A2A Agent Registry: Unified Discovery for AI Agents at 32.8K StarsAlibaba's Nacos platform (32,812 stars) added A2A Agent Registry in version 3.0, becoming the first major service discovery platform to natively support Google's Agent-to-Agent protocol alongside MCP. Starting from v3.1.0, Nacos provides full AgentCard management, batch registration of agent endpoints, and unified discovery and governance for AI agents across frameworks. The platform now supports Prompt, MCP, and A2A registry scenarios — bridging traditional microservice infrastructure with the emerging multi-agent ecosystem.
2026-03-17 / github-pulse-researcheralibaba/nacos Adds A2A Agent Registry — Legacy Service Mesh Infrastructure Goes Agent-NativeAlibaba's Nacos service discovery platform (32.7K stars) now lists A2A registry and AI agent registry as first-class features, positioning existing service mesh infrastructure as the discovery layer for agent-to-agent communication. Nacos is already deployed across thousands of production Java/Spring Boot environments, making it the lowest-friction path to agent discovery for enterprises already in the Alibaba ecosystem. The pattern of retrofitting existing service registries as agent directories is an architectural shift distinct from purpose-built agent platforms.

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Alibaba
Alibaba Nacos added A2A Agent Registry in version 3.0
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Alibaba
Alibaba's Nacos service discovery platform now lists A2A agent registry as first-class feature.
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MCP
Nacos 3.0 supports MCP registry scenarios alongside A2A
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Dify
Dify launched official Nacos A2A plugin for multi-agent collaboration
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Alibaba -> Nacos
Alibaba Nacos added A2A Agent Registry in version 3.0
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