Google and Industry Partners Announce Agentic Resource Discovery Specification for AI Agents

Google and a group of industry partners have introduced the Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD) specification to standardize how AI agents locate and verify external tools and APIs. This framework creates a common discovery layer, aiming to improve how autonomous systems dynamically find and integrate digital resources. By establishing this open standard, the initiative seeks to reduce fragmentation in the AI ecosystem and simplify the process for agents to interact with various software capabilities.