# agent-authority

> Authorization for AI agents: verifiable, scoped, revocable capability tokens (mandates) with attenuable delegation, for MCP and A2A. The reference implementation of agent authority — zero-dependency TypeScript & Python.

Record `agent-authority` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/agent-authority/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/agent-authority
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/agent-authority/claim

## Declared
- publisher: novaai0401
- homepage: https://github.com/novaai0401-ui/agent-authority#readme
- repository: git+https://github.com/novaai0401-ui/agent-authority.git
- version: 0.1.6
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: agent-authority, agent, authority, authorization, ai-agents, agentic, llm, delegation, capability, capability-tokens, capability-based-security, least-privilege, mandate, macaroons, biscuit, oauth, on-behalf-of, spiffe, ed25519, revocation, mcp, mcp-server, a2a, tool-calling, permissions
- endpoints:
  - package_npm: npm:agent-authority

### Description (declared)

Authorization for AI agents: verifiable, scoped, revocable capability tokens (mandates) with attenuable delegation, for MCP and A2A. The reference implementation of agent authority — zero-dependency TypeScript & Python.

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- security.identity (1, declared)
- automation.orchestration (1, declared)

## Provenance
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/agent-authority (first seen 2026-09-05T18:19:20.835Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/agent-authority/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/agent-authority · ARD identifier urn:air::server:agent-authority