2026-02-19 - Directory Working Group Meeting Notes

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Attendees

1. Andrew Doellman – Cisco
2. Luca Muscariello – Cisco
3. Andras Jaky – Cisco
4. Arpad Csepi – Cisco
5. Catarina Louro Paralata – Cisco
6. Laszlo Gecse – Cisco
7. Ramiz Polic – Cisco
8. Tibor Kircsi – Cisco
9. Ádám Tagscherer – Cisco
10. Darin Osborne – Cisco
11. Elaine Powers – Cisco
12. Jason Bonafide – Dell
13. Jerry Franklin – Independent
14. Kriti Jain - Cisco
15. Pengxia Wu – Rockwell Automation
16. Pedro Fernandez Orellana – Dell
17. Shankar Kumar - Cisco
18. Satya Prakash Agrawal - Cisco
19. Sudarshan Shenoy – Cisco
20. Tushar Agrawal – Cisco

Key Topics & Discussion

Directory v1.0 Release Update
• Two blog posts published on v1 features and MCP integration
• Final pipeline validation complete; testbed running latest release candidate
• Marks a stable foundation release

Key v1 Features
• Works with OCI registries (GitHub, Docker, Azure)
• Node sync across diverse registries
• Local signing and trust verification
• Runtime discovery for Kubernetes & Docker
• Optional runtime bridge between build-time and runtime
• Standardized architecture to prevent stack lock-in

Directory v1.1 Development
• Focus: testbed usage, ecosystem validation, and user feature refinement
• Greater OASF integration and cross-protocol support

Upcoming Areas
• Enhanced runtime discovery
• Edge and local device support trials
• SLIM integration for discovery and runtime coordination

Roadmap
• Milestones tracked on GitHub; community input welcomed
• Contributions encouraged for open items

AI Card + Directory Engagement
• Linux Foundation initiative entering implementation
• Collaboration between MCP & A2A communities
• Goal: unified card format for build-time and runtime
• Feedback from multiple ecosystems, including decentralized identity groups
• Ongoing discussions on Discord and GitHub

Directory Node Deployment
• Organizations urged to deploy nodes; federation supported
• Nodes can filter shared records

Testbed Participation
• Public testbed live; read-only via GitHub
• Write access via own node deployment
• SDK and CLI supported; data seeded from MCP registries

Events & Milestones
• v1.1 milestone planning in progress
• AI Summit: April 22, San Francisco, 2–8pm

Links Shared
• https://blogs.agntcy.org/technical/2026/02/19/dir-v1.html
Directory v1 release announcement
• https://blogs.agntcy.org/technical/2026/02/19/directory-mcp-server.html
MCP server integration blog
• https://github.com/agntcy/dir/milestone/8
Current milestone tracker for directory development
• AGNTCY Project (view)
Project board + timeline visualization
• https://github.com/agntcy/dir/milestones
All directory milestones
• https://github.com/agntcy/slim/milestones
SLIM roadmap + task tracking
• https://github.com/agntcy/oasf/milestones
OASF milestones and release progress

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