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kagent¶
Definition¶
kagent is an open-source framework for running AI agents on Kubernetes — it handles the runtime aspects of agents in a cloud-native environment. Zalando is composing its forthcoming agent platform "from OSS components, such as kagent that handles runtime aspects of agents on Kubernetes." (Source: sources/2026-08-13-zalando-agentic-engineering-at-zalando-a-snapshot)
Seen in¶
- Zalando — runtime substrate for its in-progress agent platform, the goal of which is to "allow teams to easily define and deploy agents, without the need to take care of sandboxing themselves." Auth/authz for that platform is handled separately by the Identity Broker.
- sources/2026-09-24-zalando-agentic-platform-open-sourcing-the-agentic-identity-broker
— kagent as one of three composed platform cores. The 2026-09-24
open-sourcing post makes the platform composition concrete: Zalando's
Kubernetes agent platform combines kagent (agent runtime) +
agentgateway (AI/MCP gateway) +
Agentic Identity Broker (delegated
access). Platform abstractions are Kubernetes CRDs (
Agent,MCP server); kro translates them into lower-level kagent and agentgateway resources plus identity-infra config, auto-spawning central MCP gateways and agent instances.