Connect your business to Claude and ChatGPT
Also called: Custom MCP connector
Service 5 · A2A readiness
Get ready for AI agents that deal with other businesses' agents
The next step after connectors is AI agents talking to each other: a buyer's agent asking a supplier's agent for stock, prices and delivery dates, and placing an order within limits. It's early, and we'll say so plainly. But the groundwork is the same work that makes your business easier to deal with today, so we do it in stages, and each stage is useful on its own.
Person: Can you supply 40 units of the 2-litre jug by 14 March, at trade prices?
Assistant: Yes, 40 are available at the trade price list. The order comes to £1,280 and can ship on 10 March.
Person: Please place it.
Assistant: Orders over £1,000 from a new buyer need a person's approval, so I've sent it to the sales team. You'll hear back today.
Made-up businesses. Your rules decide what an agent may agree to alone.
Why prepare now
The standards are settling
Agent2Agent (A2A), an open standard for agents to find each other and work together, is now run by the Linux Foundation, with many large software companies behind it.
The groundwork pays off anyway
Clear, machine-readable facts and well-defined actions help search engines, assistants and your own team today, whether or not agents arrive at your door this year.
Your rules come first
Before any agent acts for you, you need to decide what it may agree to, what needs a person and how you'll know who's on the other side. That thinking takes time.
The five stages of agent readiness
You can stop after any stage. Each one leaves you better placed than before.
1. Facts an agent can read
Products, prices, stock, terms and delivery in a structured form, from one source of truth, kept up to date.
2. Actions it's allowed to take
A short, clear list: check stock, get a quote, place an order, book a slot. Each one defined, with limits.
3. Your rules
Spending limits, which customers get which terms, and what always goes to a person. Written down and built into the system.
4. Knowing who you're dealing with
A way to check the other agent really acts for the business it claims to, and a record of what was agreed.
5. A first live link
One real partner, one real flow, watched closely. Only when the first four stages are in place.
How agent readiness work runs
Step 1: A short chat
Who you buy from and sell to, and where agents could save time on either side.
Step 2: A readiness review
Where you stand on each stage, what's worth doing now and what can wait.
Step 3: Stage by stage
We build the stages you choose, each tested and useful on its own.
Step 4: A first live link
When you and a partner are both ready, we connect one flow and watch it closely.
Is it right for you?
A good fit if
- You trade with other businesses, with repeat orders, quotes or bookings.
- Your partners or customers have started asking about AI or automation.
- You'd like to be ready early, without betting the business on it.
Probably not for you if
- You sell mainly to the public, one order at a time. A connector or getting found will help you more for now.
- You need a live agent-to-agent link next month. Few partners are ready for that yet.
What we need from you
An hour with whoever knows your trade customers and terms best, and access to the system that holds your products and prices.
Questions about A2A and AI agents
What is A2A (Agent2Agent)?
Agent2Agent (A2A) is an open standard for AI agents to find each other and work together, now run by the Linux Foundation. In practice it means a buyer's agent could ask a supplier's agent for stock, prices and delivery dates, and place an order within limits the supplier has set. It's early, and most businesses aren't doing it yet. Kwessa prepares businesses in stages: facts an agent can read, the actions it's allowed to take, your rules for what needs a person, a way to check who is on the other side, and then a first live link with a real partner.
Is anyone actually doing this yet?
A few large companies are, and the tools are maturing quickly. For most businesses it's early, which is why we start with the stages that are useful today.
How is this different from a connector?
A connector lets a person's assistant use your business. Agent-to-agent is your business's own agent dealing with another business's agent, usually for trade orders, quotes and bookings.
What stops an agent agreeing to something bad?
Your rules stop an agent agreeing to something bad. Limits are built into the system, not left to the agent's judgement, and anything outside them goes to a person.
How much does it cost?
The readiness review is a fixed piece of work, quoted after a short chat. Each stage after that is quoted on its own.
Talk to us about agent readiness
Tell us what you buy or sell, and who you trade with.
A real person reads every note. There's no obligation, and we'll tell you honestly if we're not the right people for it.
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