Agent auth / OAuth for agents
Agent auth / OAuth for agents covers identity for agents, and ways for an agent to act with a person's permission.
In brief
Agent auth / OAuth for agents, in brief.
What it isAgent auth / OAuth for agents covers identity for agents, and ways for an agent to act with a person's permission.
Where it sitsOne of 5 categories in the Agent identity, payments and monetisation layer. Agent identity, payments and monetisation covers how an agent proves who it is and acts on someone's behalf, how agents pay and get paid, and how AI products meter usage and bill for it.
What we track36 products, including Aembit (workload & agent IAM), Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity, Arcade.dev (tool-calling auth for agents), Astrix Security (NHI + AI agent security) and attestix (agent identity, signed credentials, delegated authority).
The products
36 products in Agent auth / OAuth for agents.
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ProductMakerIts own site
MCP Authorization spec (OAuth 2.1 profile)Model Context Protocol / Linux Foundationmodelcontextprotocol.io
From our census of 2026-11-08. A product listed here is one that belongs in this category; the search answer says whether we have checked it.
Questions
Agent auth / OAuth for agents, answered.
What is Agent auth / OAuth for agents in AI infrastructure?Agent auth / OAuth for agents covers identity for agents, and ways for an agent to act with a person's permission.
Which layer of AI infrastructure is Agent auth / OAuth for agents in?Agent auth / OAuth for agents is in the Agent identity, payments and monetisation layer. Agent identity, payments and monetisation covers how an agent proves who it is and acts on someone's behalf, how agents pay and get paid, and how AI products meter usage and bill for it.
Which products are in Agent auth / OAuth for agents?We track 36 products in Agent auth / OAuth for agents, including Aembit (workload & agent IAM), Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity, Arcade.dev (tool-calling auth for agents), Astrix Security (NHI + AI agent security), attestix (agent identity, signed credentials, delegated authority), Auth0 for AI Agents (Token Vault, async authorization), AuthPlane authserver (OAuth 2.1 AS for MCP) and Better Auth (MCP/OIDC provider plugins). The full list is on this page.
Agent identity, payments and monetisation