MCP, A2A and Multi-Agent Systems

Agentforce & AIMCP, A2A and Multi-Agent SystemsConnect Agentforce to the wider agent ecosystem: Model Context Protocol fundamentals, Salesforce as an MCP client and as a host of MCP servers, the Salesforce DX MCP server and its retirement, building your own MCP server over Salesforce APIs in TypeScript, the Agent2Agent protocol, multi-agent orchestration patterns, MuleSoft Agent Fabric, Heroku AppLink and the security model that keeps it all safe.Advanced · about 90 minutesWhat you will learn

Explain MCP's architecture (hosts, clients, servers), primitives, transports and authorization model, including the 2026-07-28 protocol revision

Expose Salesforce data and actions to external AI clients through Salesforce hosted MCP servers with an External Client App

Build and secure a custom MCP server over Salesforce REST and GraphQL APIs with the TypeScript SDK

Describe the A2A protocol and how Agentforce agents participate in A2A networks today

Choose a multi-agent orchestration pattern and apply defences against confused deputies, tool poisoning and excessive agency

Contents

MCP fundamentals

Salesforce in the MCP ecosystem

Building your own MCP server over Salesforce

Exposing Heroku code as Agentforce actions with AppLink

Agent2Agent (A2A)

Multi-agent orchestration patterns

Security

Worked example: an account team assistant across protocols

Best practices

Common pitfalls

Hands-on exercises

Key takeaways