Building Modern AI Agents
Join us at Google Pittsburgh for the inaugural Agentic AI Foundation Community Pittsburgh event
The recent July 28 MCP release, sometimes referred to as “MCP 2.0," changed a lot about how MCP works. We’ll use that as a jumping-off point to explore what modern agent development looks like today.
We’ll cover and get hands-on with topics across the open agent stack, including:
A review of July 28th MCP spec updates
A hands-on lab, building an MCP server and connecting to it using goose
A walkthrough of Enterprise-Managed Authorization (EMA) and enterprise MCP authentication workflows
An intermediate/advanced lab adding agentgateway between the agent and MCP server for observability, routing, and control
A look at A2A and how agents can discover, communicate, and work with other agents
This is a workshop, not an intro to AI agents. You should be comfortable with code, git, APIs, and the terminal. We’ll start together, build together, and then have room to go deeper based on experience and interest.
Bring your laptop. You can work locally or use a browser-based Linux lab environment provided for the event.
We will have lunch at 12pm, provided by Google
Hosted by Google · Led by AAIF Ambassador Jon Zeolla
When you arrive, please make your way to the ground floor entrance to Google: Open in Google Maps and use the intercom to check-in. All attendees must present a valid and physical government-issued photo ID to reception when checking in.
About AAIF
The Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) is a community dedicated to advancing the understanding and practical application of agentic AI. We bring together engineers, researchers, founders, builders, and AI enthusiasts to explore how autonomous AI systems are designed, evaluated, and deployed.
Through reading groups, workshops, and community discussions, AAIF brings together engineers, researchers, founders, and AI enthusiasts to exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, and learn from one another.
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