In this Keynote, I will lay out what I believe will be true for agents in 2026 and how MCP plays a part in this. Let's take a look what connectivity for agents might look like.

Speaker info:
x.com/dsp_
www.linkedin.com/in/david-soria-parra-4a78b3a/
github.com/dsp

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction and the vision for MCP applications
1:34 Looking back at the evolution of the MCP ecosystem over the last 18 months
2:30 Ecosystem growth and adoption milestones
3:46 Moving from exploration in 2025 to production in 2026
5:07 The 2026 connectivity stack: Skills, MCP, and CLI/Computer use
7:47 Improving client harnesses: Progressive Discovery
9:39 Programmatic tool calling and agent orchestration
12:00 Best practices for designing agents and server authors
13:42 Future roadmap for the MCP protocol and core improvements
15:23 Strategic integrations and enterprise features
16:32 Upcoming extension mechanisms and skills over MCP
17:15 Conclusion and call for community feedback