AI Agent Authorization: A Practical Architecture
How to authorize AI agents with explicit application identity, user consent, bounded credentials, and runtime enforcement.
Topic
OAuth 2.0 patterns for AI agents, including client identity, resource indicators, token exchange, delegated authority, and MCP authorization.
4 articles
How to authorize AI agents with explicit application identity, user consent, bounded credentials, and runtime enforcement.
A deployment-focused guide to MCP authentication, resource-bound authorization, credential isolation, and runtime controls.
How agent identity relates to workload identity, user delegation, credentials, and authorization boundaries.
When OAuth token exchange fits agent architectures, when it does not, and how to preserve resource and delegation boundaries.