PharmA2A, an open protocol for pharmacy-to-supplier orders on A2A
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I'm a pharmacist in France and a nerd. I built an open source protocol based on A2A, Called PharmA2A. Why, because normally I order directly from more than hundred of suppliers, by phone mails or on the web forms. The idea is to automatise orders of selling and buying between pharmacies and their suppliers. Since 12 November, PharmA2A is live on GH. Is anyone of you is using A2A in real life ?
HN · launched Nov 13, 2026 · 14 upvotes (top 32%) · 0 views
Niche: online pharmacy and regulated goods stores · 78 launches, 12 in the last 7 days ▲ +50% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Healthcare
- Workflow automation
- B2B
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Partial The A2A-based protocol and an agent prototype are buildable with AI assistance, but real value requires pharmacy management software vendors and suppliers to adopt it, plus compliance with French health-data and pharmaceutical ordering rules.
What it would actually take: Implement the A2A agent servers and message schemas for orders, catalogues and confirmations, with adapters for pharmacy management systems and supplier EDI or web order forms. The hard parts are domain product data (CIP codes, stock, pricing) and integration with closed vendor systems, which requires pharmacy-domain knowledge and industry partnerships. Regulatory compliance for health-adjacent data and order traceability also needs specialist review.
Discussion
4 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: suppliers need to adopt protocol, usually top-down, hard to get hundreds of suppliers to adopt
Competitors
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Attention rank: #10 of 46 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 315 days after the earliest competitor.
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