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.

Hosted by Google · Led by AAIF Ambassador Jon Zeolla

When you arrive, please make your way to the ground floor entrance to Google: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wkpe7FJTZrEXcf8h6 and use the intercom to check-in. All attendees must present a valid and physical government-issued photo ID to reception when checking in.

Building Modern AI Agents