2026-03-26 Directory Working Groups Meeting Notes

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Attendees:

1. Andras Jaky - Cisco
2. Andrew Doellman - Cisco
3. Árpád Csepi - Cisco
4. Bendeguz Csirmaz - Cisco
5. Bhargav - AWS
6. Catarina Peralta - Cisco
7. Elaine Powers - Cisco
8. Jerry Franklin - Cisco
9. Karen Jaworski - Cisco
10. Laszlo Gecse - Cisco
11. Luca Muscariello - Cisco
12. Michael Clifford - Red Hat
13. Ramiz Polić – Cisco
14. Sujata Tibrewala - Cisco
15. Tagscherer Ádám János - Cisco
16. Tibor Kircsi – Cisco

Key Topics Discussed:

Directory v1.2 Release Planning
• Target release moved to early next week, contingent on milestone completion
• Focus: Deployment simplification, modularization, and client-side improvements
• Remaining features deferred to v1.3 to ensure stability

Architecture & Deployment
• Simplifying local and cloud deployment (MacOS, Windows, Linux, federation)
• Establishing clear separation between core and non-core components
• Migrating non-core services (identity, auth, integrations) to separate repos/staging

Repository Structure
• Proposal to decouple GUI, importer, and MCP-related tooling into separate repositories
• Objective: Reduce repo complexity and enhance CI/testing performance

Import Pipeline Enhancements
• Implementing native MCP ↔ OASF conversion capability
• Aligning single-record and bulk ingestion workflows
• Future focus: Agent skills ingestion and enrichment

Security & Verification
• Conducting security posture analysis for MCP servers in public testbed
• Improving verification API with caching for faster validation

API & Browser Access
• Proposal to deprecate streaming gRPC APIs in favor of an HTTP gateway
• Enables browser-based interaction and simplifies third-party integrations

Documentation Updates
• Developing clearer intro and positioning for Directory
• Creating "Getting Started" guides for developers/enterprises
• Expanding environment-specific deployment documentation

Agent Skills & Runtime Discovery
• Increasing focus on agent skills as a key object type
• Potential ingestion pipeline via GitHub-based discovery/scanning
• Expanding from build-time registry into runtime discovery (Kubernetes/edge)

Ecosystem Alignment
• Opportunity to align with external agent platforms to avoid duplication
• Follow-up sessions planned to coordinate integration efforts

Shared Links
• OASF API Announcement: agntcy/oasf#431
• Project Shadi: https://github.com/agntcy/shadi
• Runtime Discovery Component: https://github.com/agntcy/dir/tree/main/runtime
• Note: Currently supports Docker and K8s; edge device support is a work-in-progress (WIP).