GAIP Agent Observatory · weekly

What changed in the agent ecosystem: 2026-W41

2026-10-05 to 2026-10-11. 2173 observed targets changed a published manifest; 1691 tools added and 495 tools removed.

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This week in numbers

Targets observed	20603
Targets that changed a published manifest	2173
Servers that added tools	463
Tools added	1691
Servers that removed tools	111
Tools removed	495
Servers with a schema change	457
Servers with a tool text change	1070
Servers answering again	63
Servers no longer answering	26
Protocol version changes	51

Shares of observed targets (a share is shown only when both counts are at least 5):

targets changed of observed: 10.5%
servers that added tools of observed: 2.2%
servers that removed tools of observed: 0.5%

Aggregate facts

20603 targets observed this week.
2173 targets changed a published manifest.
463 servers added tools (1691 in total).
111 servers removed tools (495 in total).
457 servers changed a tool's input or output schema.
1070 servers changed a tool's name, title or description.
63 servers answered again after not answering.
26 servers did not answer after answering before.
51 targets changed protocol version.

Dated facts

Plain facts from the manifest change log, by date then name.

2139 further facts are in the feed.

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