LayersLayer 10 of 15
Tools and protocols
Tools and protocols covers how agents reach the outside world: the standards that connect agents to tools, gateways in front of MCP servers, hosted tool catalogues, and sandboxes where agent code runs safely.
The categories
6 categories and 172 products in Tools and protocols.
CategoryWhat it coversProducts
Agent protocolsAgent protocols covers the standards that let agents talk to tools, to interfaces and to each other.15
Integrations / iPaaSIntegrations / iPaaS covers platforms that connect business applications and automate work across them.40
MCP gateways & proxiesMCP gateways & proxies covers runtime proxies and control planes in front of MCP servers: auth/OAuth brokering, RBAC, routing, rate limits, audit and injection filtering.40
Meeting bot & conversation capture APIsMeeting bot & conversation capture APIs covers APIs that send bots into Zoom, Meet and Teams (or capture desktop audio) and return recordings, transcripts and real-time media for AI notetakers and agents.14
Sandboxes / code executionSandboxes / code execution covers isolated environments where code written by an agent can run safely.37
Tool-calling platformsTool-calling platforms covers hosted catalogues of tools for agents, with sign-in to each tool handled for you.26
Questions
Tools and protocols, answered.
What is the Tools and protocols layer of AI infrastructure?Tools and protocols covers how agents reach the outside world: the standards that connect agents to tools, gateways in front of MCP servers, hosted tool catalogues, and sandboxes where agent code runs safely.
What does the Tools and protocols layer include?It has 6 categories: Agent protocols, Integrations / iPaaS, MCP gateways & proxies, Meeting bot & conversation capture APIs, Sandboxes / code execution and Tool-calling platforms.
How many Tools and protocols products does Unfragile track?172 products across 6 categories, each category with its own page.
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The three products on this layer.
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