Microsoft Proposes Distributed Skills Over MCP as the Post-Agent Architecture

Microsoft's Agent Framework team proposes replacing specialist agents with distributed skills served directly over the Model Context Protocol (MCP), reducing latency by 60% in demos and standardizing skill distribution via SEP-2640. This new architecture optimizes agent reasoning by moving it to a parent advisor agent while distributing domain services, enabling enterprise platforms to publish and update skills centrally for all agents.

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