# Espressif Quietly Shipped the First Agent-Native Firmware SDK - Date: 2026-03-20 - Category: Agentics Espressif shipped a new version of ESP-IDF on Thursday, and buried in the release notes was a line that matters more than it looks: the development environment for the chip that powers billions of connected devices now has a built-in MCP server. ESP-IDF is the development framework for ESP32 and... ---