Identity

Welcome to the Identity repository

AGNTCY Identity provides a secure and verifiable method to uniquely identify agents through open and decentralized techniques. Each agent is assigned a universally unique identifier, backed by verifiable credentials (VCs). AGNTCY Identity enables to bring your own identity using conventions like IDs assigned by Identity Providers (e.g., Okta) or Agent Cards (e.g., Google’s A2A), or be assigned an ID following standards (e.g., W3C DIDs). This component ensures that every agent in the AGNTCY ecosystem has a verifiable, universally unique identity, enabling secure authentication, trusted communication, and interoperability across diverse multi-agent systems, regardless of the identity assignment method.

• The ID is linked to a ResolverMetadata object for secure and automated verification.
• The ID can be linked to one or more Agent Badges. Why? Multiple badges can provide nuanced, task-specific access to different systems without over-privileging the agent. Agent Badges contain Verifiable Credentials (VCs), which include:
  • The Agent's ID
  • Schema definition (e.g., OASF)
  • Metadata for authentication and other security needs.

[!NOTE] This same structure applies to MCP Servers and MASs, ensuring consistency across all identity-bearing entities in the IoA.

📚 Table of Contents

• 🚀 Architecting Agentic Trust
• 🌟 Features & Main Components
• ⚡️ Get Started in 5 Minutes
• 📜 See the core commands of the CLI
• 🧪 Run the Demo

You can also:

• 📖 See the full CLI and Node docs
• 📦 Check-out the Sample Agents and MCP servers
• 📘 Explore our full Documentation to understand our platform's capabilities
• 📝 Dive into our API Specs for detailed API documentation

🚀 Architecting Agentic Trust

• Core Principle: Trust is foundational for the Internet of Agents.
• Identity as the Root: AGNTCY Identity ensures Agents and Tools (MCP Servers) are verifiably authentic.
• Flexible & Interoperable: BYOID (Bring Your Own ID), integrates with existing Identity Providers (IdPs).

Secure and reliable communication between software agents is a cornerstone of the Internet of Agents (IoA) vision. Without proper identity management, malicious or unverified agents can infiltrate Multi-Agent Systems (MASs), leading to misinformation, fraud, or security breaches. To mitigate these risks, the AGNTCY provides a standardized and consistent framework for authenticating agents and validating associated metadata. This applies equally to:

• Agents
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers
• MASs (Multi-Agent Systems)

[!TIP] This repository includes an AI Agent and MCP Server to showcase the AGNTCY Identity components in action!

🌟 Features & Main Components

Features

• Identity creation: Generate unique, verifiable identities for agents and MCP servers.

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