Spring AI lead | MCP Java SDK maintainer | Spring Framework team at Broadcomhttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3mpdg6642ek2xHonored to join the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) Ambassador cohort. AAIF is the home of AI projects, including the MCP. As one of the MCP Java SDK maintainers and Spring AI lead, I'm looking forward to seeing more developers bring AI into the Java and Spring ecosystem https://www.credly.com/badges/a2dfece4-375d-4883-be68-4e59b01f689728 Jun 2026 07:10 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpdg6642ek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3moxec5nktc2eLLMs: text-in, text-out. Enterprise code: structured-in, structured-out. #SpringAI 2.0 adds two switches on .entity(): • validateSchema() — retries with the error fed back • useProviderStructuredOutput() — pins the schema at the provider https://spring.io/blog/2026/06/23/spring-ai-self-correcting-structured-output #Java #AI #StructuredOutput23 Jun 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxec5nktc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3modg5gew5s23You could call tools. You couldn't build on top of tool calling! #SpringAI 2.0 lifts the tool loop out of the chat models and into the advisor chain - composable, observable, replaceable: https://spring.io/blog/2026/06/15/spring-ai-composable-tool-calling #Java #AI #MCP15 Jun 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3modg5gew5s23https://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3mls6lgfi3c27Excited to be speaking today at #GeeCON 2026! 🎉 📅 15:10 - Building Self-Correcting AI Agents AI agents are relentless context orchestrators - and the Advisor Pattern is all you need to compose them 🌱 #SpringAI #AI #Java 2026.geecon.org/schedule/14 May 2026 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls6lgfi3c27https://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3mjjb363fq22m2nd talk at @springio.net today 🌱 — One abstraction rules them all 💍 The Advisor pattern is all you need for any Agentic Harness — Tool Calling, Memory, RAG, Guardrails, LLM-as-a-Judge & more. Self-Improving Agentic Systems with #SpringAI 📅 14:30–15:20 · Track 2 https://2026.springio.net/sessions/from-assistants-to-agents-self-improving-agentic-systems-with-spring-ai/15 Apr 2026 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjb363fq22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3mivfvh5lp22pFile-based long-term memory for #SpringAI agents - no vector store, no database, just files. Plain Markdown files, MEMORY index, the agent manages it all via tool calls. Claude auto-memory compatible but portable to any LLM provider. 📖 https://spring.io/blog/2026/04/07/spring-ai-agentic-patterns-6-memory-tools #Java #AI07 Apr 2026 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivfvh5lp22phttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3miefc37ph22iPrepping slides & demos for my Voxxed Days Amsterdam 2026 deep dive tomorrow Packing in Memory, Advisors, RAG, Tool Calling & MCP, Agentic Patterns, A2A & ACP, LLM-as-a-Judge, Guardrails… and somehow fitting it all into 2 hours! See you there 👉 amsterdam.voxxeddays.com/talk/?id=1290531 Mar 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3miefc37ph22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3mh5yo7anwc2a🚀 Speaking at @amsterdam.voxxeddays.com — April 1–2! "Spring AI: From Fundamentals to Agentic Patterns" — a hands-on deep dive into context window curation, RAG, MCP, subagent orchestration, and LLM-as-a-Judge. All in Java. 🎟️ amsterdam.voxxeddays.com/talk/?id=12905 #SpringAI #Java #Agentic #AI16 Mar 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5yo7anwc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3meyhx2as7k2pJava is #AI infrastructure front-runner ⚡ Benchmark of MCP server implementations across 4 major languages puts #MCP #Java & #SpringAI at the top of the performance charts: sub-ms latency, highest throughput, and the best CPU efficiency 📖 https://www.tmdevlab.com/mcp-server-performance-benchmark.html16 Feb 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyhx2as7k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3mdfw5relos2mSubagent Orchestration delegate tasks to focused subagents with isolated contexts and run in parallel #SpringAI TaskTool provides a portable, model-agnostic implementation inspired by Claude Code's subagents 📖 https://spring.io/blog/2026/01/27/spring-ai-agentic-patterns-4-task-subagents @spring-ai.bsky.social #AI #Java #Agents27 Jan 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfw5relos2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3mcz4hwmp422l#SpringAI is among the official adopters of the Agent Skills specification: agentskills.io It is nice to see a Java toolkit next to Claude, Cursor, Gemini, GitHub... Find more about the Spring AI Skills integration: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7416831401830014977/ #Java #AI @spring-ai.bsky.social22 Jan 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcz4hwmp422lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3mcuanobcg22tIf AI agent drops steps on complex tasks, add TodoWriteTool-a #SpringAI tool that enables LLMs to create, track, and update task lists during execution. It transforms implicit planning into explicit, trackable workflows. 📖Blog: https://spring.io/blog/2026/01/20/spring-ai-agentic-patterns-3-todowrite #Java #AI20 Jan 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcuanobcg22thttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3mchwud5yw22z#SpringAI AskUserQuestionTool - AI agents that ask clarifying questions before answering, gather requirements interactively, and create a specification aligned with your actual needs 📖Blog: https://spring.io/blog/2026/01/16/spring-ai-ask-user-question-tool #AI #Java #Agent @spring-ai.bsky.social15 Jan 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchwud5yw22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3mcco2qv3ek2cBringing Agent Skills to Java and #SpringAI 🚀 Modular, reusable capabilities for your AI agents -discovered at startup, loaded on demand. Portable across any LLM. Inspired by & compatible with Claude Code Skills. Part 1 of the Agentic Patterns series: https://spring.io/blog/2026/01/13/spring-ai-generic-agent-skills @spring-ai.bsky.social13 Jan 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcco2qv3ek2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3mb7lqaiox22k🎉As 2025 comes to a close, I'm taking a moment to reflect on an extraordinary year of innovation with Spring AI - From MCP integration to agents, explainable AI, token optimization, ... Read the full story 👇 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2025-year-innovation-ai-tooling-spring-christian-tzolov-vtq3e30 Dec 2025 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7lqaiox22khttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3manqr4kzjs25🤖 Building AI agents? You can capture WHY the LLM makes decisions—not just what it decides. #SpringAI's Tool Argument Augmenter captures LLM reasoning alongside tool calls—useful for building memory-enhanced agents. No tool modifications needed! 📖 https://spring.io/blog/2025/12/23/spring-ai-tool-argument-augmenter-tzolov23 Dec 2025 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3manqr4kzjs25https://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3m7p72qad7k22#SpringAI Tool Search Tool - Build smarter AI apps that discover tools when they need them 📖 Blog: https://spring.io/blog/2025/12/11/spring-ai-tool-search-tools-tzolov 🔗 GitHub: github.com/spring-ai-community/spring-ai-tool-search-tool ✅ On-demand tool discovery ✅ Multiple LLMs ✅ 34-64% token savings @spring-ai.bsky.social11 Dec 2025 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7p72qad7k22https://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3m6gy7zpzck2nJSON is the go-to format for LLM tool responses, but alternatives like TOON, XML, CSV, YAML can potentially improve token efficiency and performance. Find how to configure #SpringAI tool responses formats and optimize for your use case: https://spring.io/blog/2025/11/25/spring-ai-tool-response-formats @spring-ai.bsky.social25 Nov 2025 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6gy7zpzck2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3m5ip7f3qts27🚀 Spring AI 1.1.0 GA Released 🔧 Better MCP Integration ... 🔐MCP OAuth2 server protection 🔄 Recursive Advisors ...📦 Developer Experience: ... Over 850+ commits Kudos to the entire Spring AI community! 🙌 Find more: https://spring.io/blog/2025/11/12/spring-ai-1-1-GA-released @spring-ai.bsky.social13 Nov 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ip7f3qts27https://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3m5bfey6jgk2u🤖⚖️ LLM-as-a-Judge with #SpringAI Evaluating LLM output is challenging. Traditional metrics fall short, and human evaluation doesn't scale. LLM-as-a-Judge uses LLMs to evaluate AI-generated content, matching human judgment 📖 https://spring.io/blog/2025/11/10/spring-ai-llm-as-judge-blog-post 🛠️ https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai-examples/tree/main/advisors/evaluation-recursive-advisor-demo10 Nov 2025 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bfey6jgk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tzolov.bsky.social/post/3m4sdy76v3c2mSelf-Improving AI Agents with #SpringAI Recursive Advisors - enabling iterative AI workflows that can loop, validate and retry until goals are achieved Think of observable tool calling, evaluations, validation... agentic loops. Find more: https://spring.io/blog/2025/11/04/spring-ai-recursive-advisors04 Nov 2025 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:rifsyepanydpijfvtstsojfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4sdy76v3c2m