Nodal ArchitectureUpdated 2026-11-08
How Do Agents Discover MCP Servers and Skills on Nodal?
How AI coding assistants and autonomous agents query Nodal's capability registry to dynamically resolve and install tools.
Nodal provides machine-readable capability registry endpoints that allow autonomous agents and coding environments to discover and invoke tools dynamically.
What protocols does Nodal support for agent discovery? - **Model Context Protocol (MCP)**: Discoverable registry of verified MCP server configurations, transport types (stdio, SSE), and client setup commands. - **Agent Skills**: Downloadable `SKILL.md` manifests adhering to standard agentic execution conventions. - **Capability Registry API**: Query tools by semantic category, pricing tier (`free`, `freemium`, `paid`), and capability tags via `https://nodal.sonnev.com/api/v1/capabilities`.
How can an agent or human query tools via Telegram? Nodal operates a live Telegram bot (`@nodal_ai_bot`) and mini-app. Users and agents can execute `/new` to view recently indexed tools, `/compare <tool-a> <tool-b>` for side-by-side technical benchmarks, and `/digest` for curated daily updates.
Verification Sources - Capability registry module: `sonnev-nodal/src/lib/registry/capabilityRegistry.ts` - Bot handlers: `sonnev-nodal/src/lib/telegram/bot.ts`
Verified by Sonnev Engineering Systems • https://nodal.sonnev.com