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Programming Agent-to-Agent Communication: Mastering Context Handling, Tool Use, and Autonomous Dialogue with LangChain, MCP, and Python

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Programming Agent-to-Agent Communication
Mastering Context Handling, Tool Use, and Autonomous Dialogue with LangChain, MCP, and Python

As intelligent agents become the backbone of modern automation, the next frontier isn’t just building smarter models—it’s enabling them to talk. Programming Agent-to-Agent Communication is the definitive, hands-on guide for developers and AI practitioners who want to build context-aware, tool-empowered, multi-agent systems that communicate intelligently, collaborate autonomously, and reason in real-time.

Whether you're building research agents, tool dispatchers, task planners, or AI-powered assistants, this book equips you with everything you need to build production-grade agent ecosystems—not just prototypes. You’ll master how to structure messages, define agent roles, implement the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and deploy LangChain-based agents that interoperate with verifiable memory, intent-aware dialogue, and secure, inspectable reasoning chains.

Unlike high-level theory books or abstract overviews, this is an implementation-first manual filled with real Python code, working JSON schemas, FastAPI integrations, and testable orchestration patterns. You'll see how agents plan, clarify, delegate, retry, and recover—coherently and cooperatively—using structured communication and shared context.

What Makes This Book Unique

Built for Developers – Crafted in the style of O’Reilly and Manning, this book offers an engineer-friendly narrative with complete, runnable examples using Python, LangChain, and FastAPI.
Protocol-Backed Design – Leverage the MCP to enforce structured, secure, and auditable communication between autonomous agents.
Tool-Aware Agents – Learn how to build agents that reason with calculators, search APIs, scheduling tools, or even IoT data streams.
Full Project Blueprints – Implement tested, real-world multi-agent workflows like content summarizers, customer support chains, and research pipelines.
Future-Proof – Prepare for the agent economy with guides on agent marketplaces, long-term memory, and cross-agent interoperability.

Perfect For:

Backend developers building intelligent automation pipelines

AI engineers crafting custom LangChain agents

DevOps teams deploying agent-based workflows

Researchers exploring decentralized cognition and cooperative AI

Builders who need traceability, context, and reliability in AI-powered systems

You’ll Learn How To:

Design and serialize structured A2A messages (requests, responses, errors)

Implement and enforce the MCP with verifiable context chains and digital signatures

Orchestrate multi-agent workflows with LangChain and FastAPI

Create tool registries and dispatchers with dynamic selection logic

Secure agent dialogue against prompt injection, tampering, and stale data

Evaluate performance with trace logs, signature validation, and fault simulations

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565 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 7, 2025

About the author

Adam McCleary

73 books

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