https://unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com/companies/vercel/ Dated, sourced news items in the USASI catalog that mention Vercel. Independent project. Not a United States government website. en-us Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com/news/agent-plugins-1-0-0-specification-published/ https://unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com/news/agent-plugins-1-0-0-specification-published/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT governance On August 6, 2026 Vercel announced Agent Plugins 1.0.0, an open, vendor-neutral specification for packaging extensions for AI agents so that one plugin format works across compatible clients. A plugin is a directory with a plugin.json manifest and fixed locations for its components, with Agent Skills under skills/ and MCP server configuration in mcp.json. Vercel says it initiated the proposal, that representatives from AWS, Anysphere, GitHub, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Vercel refined it into version 1.0.0, and that the initial Technical Steering Committee includes core maintainers from AWS, Cursor, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Vercel. ChatGPT and Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Kiro, and VS Code are listed as supported at launch. https://unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com/news/vercel-acquires-better-auth/ https://unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com/news/vercel-acquires-better-auth/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT acquisition On July 7, 2026 Vercel announced that it is acquiring Better Auth, the company behind the open-source TypeScript authentication library of the same name. Vercel says the library remains free and open source under the MIT license and keeps its name, and that the team will continue to lead development with the same open contribution model and community governance. Better Auth's founder and core team are joining Vercel, and Vercel says the team will continue its Agent Auth work, which gives each agent its own identity, bringing agent identity to Vercel Connect and eve. The post does not say whether the deal has closed and does not disclose financial terms.