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The Model Context Protocol spec's 2026-07-28 release overhauled tool approvals and gateway governance. If you use any AI design agent, this changes how much control you actually have over what it touches.
truefoundry.com
eCornell's August 2026 workshop on building enterprise-ready AI agents shows institutions now treating agent literacy as a named, teachable skill. For UK junior designers, that's a cue about what to name on your CV.
ecornell.cornell.edu
Practitioners are starting to talk about designing for AI agents as an audience, not just humans — how an agent reads your UI and what context it needs. It's early, but worth watching.
instagram.com
Figma now lets AI agents work directly on the canvas via its MCP server, not just spit out code from screenshots. For Figma users this is the biggest workflow shift since Dev Mode.
figma.com
