Thanks everyone for participating. I'm closing the vote in a separate thread.
Best, Xintong On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM Ron Liu <ron9....@gmail.com> wrote: > +1(binding) > > Best, > Ron > > Zhu Zhu <reed...@gmail.com> 于2025年6月6日周五 11:51写道： > > > +1 (binding) > > > > Thanks, > > Zhu > > > > Becket Qin <becket....@gmail.com> 于2025年6月6日周五 06:17写道： > > > > > +1 (binding) > > > > > > Thanks for the proposal. I like the idea. The proposal makes sense at a > > > high level. We can refine detailed APIs in separate FLIPs. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Jiangjie (Becket) Qin > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM Qingsheng Ren <re...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > +1 (binding) > > > > > > > > Thanks for the awesome proposal! I believe this is gonna be a huge > move > > > > towards Flink for AI. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Qingsheng > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM Xintong Song <tonysong...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Swapnal, > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your feedback. > > > > > > > > > > Haven't discussed this with the others yet, but A2A is at least on > my > > > > list. > > > > > But I haven't thought about it in detail enough to answer your > > > questions. > > > > > > > > > > Our plan is to first work on a MVP version that shows the unique > > > > advantages > > > > > and differentiators of Flink Agents compared to other agent > > > frameworks, > > > > > and a production-ready version with full functionalities would be > the > > > > next > > > > > step. From my perspective, A2A probably belongs to the second > phase, > > > thus > > > > > we haven't started any concrete design or plan around it at the > > moment. > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > > > Xintong > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM Swapnal Varma <swapnal...@gmail.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > +1 (non-binding) > > > > > > > > > > > > Sounds exciting! > > > > > > > > > > > > I went through the FLIP and it mentions support for MCP (for > tools) > > > and > > > > > > kafka as a storage engine for inter agent interaction support. > > > > > > These are great for enterprise adoption, standardization, and > > > > > > interoperability! > > > > > > > > > > > > In similar vein, I wanted to get the community's thoughts on > > support > > > > for > > > > > > Google's A2A protocol for agent to agent communication [1]. > Backed > > by > > > > > > Google and 50+ of it's corporate partners [2], I see A2A gaining > > > > > widespread > > > > > > adoption, although gradually. > > > > > > > > > > > > I think it presents some good ideas. > > > > > > 1. Is it within the scope of the proposed Flink agents project to > > add > > > > > > support for A2A? Or my understanding of the project's aims is > > flawed > > > > and > > > > > > this should be dealt with elsewhere? > > > > > > 2. If support is to be added, should it be baked into the Flink > > > agents' > > > > > > Agent / AgentRuntime classes for out of the box support, or as a > > > > special > > > > > > subclass? > > > > > > 3. Alternatively Flink agents could choose to remain > un-opinionated > > > on > > > > > this > > > > > > while allowing the extensibility to let users define their own > A2A > > > > > > compliant flink agents workflows? > > > > > > 4. Or any other ideas if I'm way off the mark here? > > > > > > > > > > > > Just figured I'd put it out there and get thoughts on this while > > > we're > > > > > > still in the design phase on Flink Agents. > > > > > > > > > > > > The A2A specification can be found here: > > > > > > https://google-a2a.github.io/A2A/specification/ > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/google-a2a/A2A > > > > > > [2] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new-era-of-agent-interoperability/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the work on this! > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Swapnal > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2 Jun 2025, 07:01 Xintong Song, <tonysong...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to start a vote on FLIP-531: Initiate Flink Agents as > a > > > new > > > > > > > Sub-Project [1], which has been discussed in this thread [2]. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The vote will be open for at least 72 hours. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Xintong > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-531%3A+Initiate+Flink+Agents+as+a+new+Sub-Project > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [2] > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread/p9m7wvtlw7sc2oh7v0jk3hb60x5x53yy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
