Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now includes a Tool Catalog that can scaffold a Python or TypeScript MCP server with the core transport and registration plumbing already set up. In ...

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Microsoft added a channels system to its Agent Framework for Python, allowing the same agent or workflow to operate through MCP, A2A, OpenAI Responses clients, and Telegram.

MCP's July 2026 spec rewrite went stateless and made Client ID Metadata Documents the standard, not audience-bound tokens, which have been mandatory since mid-2025. What actually changed since ...