AI Agent Authorization: A Practical Architecture
How to authorize AI agents with explicit application identity, user consent, bounded credentials, and runtime enforcement.
Topic
Architecture and security guidance for enterprise AI agents, including identity, least privilege, delegated authorization, credentials, and runtime enforcement.
4 articles
How to authorize AI agents with explicit application identity, user consent, bounded credentials, and runtime enforcement.
When OAuth token exchange fits agent architectures, when it does not, and how to preserve resource and delegation boundaries.
Identity gives agent actions attribution, credential boundaries, revocation, and a foundation for meaningful authorization.
Reduce agent authority with capability ceilings, specific consent, credential isolation, live checks, and measurable revocation.