Tag - Platform Architecture
AG-UI, MCP, and Function Calling do not solve the same layer. In IoT control interfaces, AG-UI should handle user-facing agent events, MCP should govern tools and context, and Function Calling should create structured action requests inside a model call.
If an IoT platform can only search by device name or online status, it will struggle with staged rollouts, fleet troubleshooting, and remote operations. This article explains why fleet indexing is an operations capability, not just a better device list.
Many IoT teams build device management as device registration plus online status plus a detail page. That works for demos, but it breaks under fleet operations, command tracking, version control, and troubleshooting. This article lays out a safer five-part architecture: registry, state, command plane, fleet index, and ops console.
Industrial IoT platforms that treat Modbus, OPC UA, MQTT, and HTTP as isolated drivers usually lose control of semantic mapping, error handling, command confirmation, and data quality. This article outlines a safer protocol adapter layer design.
Blog, IoT Protocols and Interoperability , March 31, 2026 , Command Pipeline, Data Modeling, Edge Gateway, HTTP API, Industrial IoT, Modbus, MQTT, OPC UA, Platform Architecture, Protocol Adapter Layer