OpenAI introduces Agent Plugins, an open standard for bundling skills and MCP servers, and says its steering committee includes Amazon, Microsoft, and Cursor (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

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OpenAI launched Agent Plugins, an open standard for packaging agent skills and MCP servers with backing from major developer ecosystem players.

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<a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/06/gpt-5-turning-one-as-openai-shares-new-agent-plugins-standard/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260806/i34.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260806/p34#a260806p34" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Zac Hall / <a href="https://9to5mac.com/">9to5Mac</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/06/gpt-5-turning-one-as-openai-shares-new-agent-plugins-standard/">OpenAI introduces Agent Plugins, an open standard for bundling skills and MCP servers, and says its steering committee includes Amazon, Microsoft, and Cursor</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; OpenAI's GPT-5 turns one tomorrow, and the company is marking the week by looking beyond individual models.</p>