Chain of Thought Architecting Reliable Agentic AI | Cisco’s Giovanna Carofiglio on the AGNTCY Collective
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Jul 9, 2025 Giovanna Carofiglio, a Distinguished Engineer and Senior Director at Cisco's Outshift, leads the AGNTCY Collective focused on agent interoperability. She discusses shaping the Internet of Agents by establishing protocols like Slim for seamless communication. The importance of observability and security in AI applications is highlighted, along with the challenge of scaling agents reliably. Giovanna advocates for open standards to foster collaboration, ultimately aiming for trustworthy, efficient agent interactions that can transform AI systems.
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Building the Internet of Agents: How AGNTCY is Revolutionizing AI Collaboration
The AGNTCY Collective, led by Cisco and partners like Galileo and LangChain, is pioneering open standards to enable seamless and secure communication among AI agents.
Key pillars include agent discovery based on skills and reputation, new low-latency, secure transport protocols like Slim, and interoperable agent communication protocols such as MCP and A2A.
A central focus is on observability and evaluation, using an open standard schema to provide deep visibility into agent interactions, promoting trust and reliability at scale.
The aim is to empower enterprises to deploy thousands or millions of collaborating agents with predictable behavior, robust security, and integrated real-time evaluation and remediation.
AGNTCY Collective's Vision
- The AGNTCY Collective aims to create interoperable communication for agents across different frameworks and enterprises.
- Key pillars include agent discovery, composition, deployment, and new secure low-latency protocols.
Choose Key Metrics Wisely
- Focus on selecting key metrics that capture the dynamic of complex agent systems.
- Avoid overwhelming users by limiting metrics to those that build developer trust efficiently.