O’Reilly Demo Day
Building Robust AI Apps and Agents with MCP
We’re moving from a world of custom integrations and proprietary APIs to a standardized protocol that treats data connectivity as infrastructure. Through recent developments like the Model Context Protocol (MCP), every application becomes a potential collaborator in a larger AI ecosystem rather than a collection of isolated tools requiring custom integration work.
This is big stuff. To demonstrate how MCP is creating the architecture of participation for AI systems, we’ve curated a series of really compelling, fast-paced demos from members of our network of experts who are already building proof-of-concept applications on the bleeding edge of MCP. We’re calling this event O’Reilly Demo Day, and we’d love for you to attend. We’re still pulling together the lineup, but here’s some of what you can expect.
First, Google’s Heiko Hotz and Sokratis Kartakis will demo how the interplay between Agent2Agent (A2A) communication and MCP creates a powerful foundation where specialized agents can be dynamically discovered and safely execute tools on behalf of other agents, all while maintaining clear boundaries and security controls through standardized protocols.
Then Quantmate’s Nicole Koenigstein will show how autonomous agents can use MCP not just to connect with tools but to communicate with each other. She’ll demo a multi-agent coding system where agents collaborate by sharing, correcting, and evolving code together, using MCP as a shared protocol between reasoning agents, enabling structured coordination, reflection, and continuous innovation. It’s a step toward building self-improving AI systems.
Next, Adalo’s Jason Gilmore will give us a wild demo on how to employ MCP servers to introduce users to SaaS products without even requiring them to register. Jason’s basically created an App Store without a UI, and in the process is pioneering an entirely new way to do product-led growth, where the product itself is the primary driver of customer acquisition, retention, and expansion, as opposed to those efforts being led by a traditional sales force.
We think that after you see these demos, you’ll agree that the world has shifted from AI simply being an add-on feature to an existing product to AI as integrated infrastructure that enhances every aspect of how we work with information. MCP enables the kind of network effects that made the web so powerful, in how every new MCP-compatible tool increases the value of every other tool in the ecosystem. We hope you’ll join us for Demo Day and get inspired to make your own tools and connections.