Bio, Work & Ideas

Alex Hancock

Conference affiliation: Software Engineer · Block

Alex Hancock is a software engineer whose work includes maintaining Goose and the MCP Rust SDK. He was affiliated with Block for his recorded ACP talk, which explores how standardized client interfaces and remote transports let different applications drive the same AI agent.

1 conference talk

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ACP: The Universal Remote Control for AI Agents — Alex Hancock, Block

Alex Hancock proposes the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) as a standard interface between client applications and agent harnesses. He explains its messaging and extension mechanisms, demonstrates different clients using Goose, and describes remote transport as a way to place clients, harnesses, tools, and models independently. He argues that interoperability…

Alex Hancock

References

ai.engineer/talks/YkNulwcc5jk-acp-universal-remote-control-ai-agents ↗