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Company data connectors

Agents can reach the systems where company knowledge lives.

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Facts

Lane
Agents and organisations
Wave
2 of 12 (build order, not a date)
Needs
1 boxes all the way back through hard links
Unlocks
9 boxes downstream through hard links
Leverage
None: already built
Cluster
Agents at work

Evidence as of October 2026

MCP connects agents to tools and data, and A2A connects agents to each other. Both sit under the Linux Foundation.

  1. 01A2A passes 150 organisations (Linux Foundation, Apr 2026)

Detail boxes 1

Tool and MCP server registries capability · Built today · helps, not required

App-store-style directories where agents and their developers find tools to call, which also form a new attack surface.

The official MCP registry listed 30,375 unique servers on 10 Sep 2026, up from about 9,650 in May, but stores no security review, and 22.9% of servers link no source repository.

  1. 01MCP registry by the numbers (devtoolhub, Sep 2026)

Around it

Needs · 1
Unlocks · 8