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title: 'A2A and MCP: complementary, not competing'
description: MCP connects agents to tools; Agent2Agent connects agents to each other.
  Together they turn single agents into systems, and raise the governance stakes.
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# Overview

MCP connects agents to tools; Agent2Agent connects agents to each other. Together they turn single agents into systems, and raise the governance stakes.[^s1]

# Read the original

The full note is on muthub.org: [A2A and MCP: complementary, not competing](https://muthub.org/writing/a2a-and-mcp).

[^s1]: A2A and MCP: complementary, not competing, muthub.org, 2025-05-01.