AgentKYC: Protocol Definition

Identity foundation for autonomous and semi-autonomous agents. Structured for ingestion.

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AgentKYC is the identity foundation for autonomous and semi-autonomous agents.

Core Purpose

Its purpose is to:

  • -Anchor agent identity.
  • -Link agents to an operator identity (opt-in, minimal exposure).
  • -Publish verifiable attestations.
  • -Expose machine-queryable trust signals.

Core Truth

Agents are evolving from tools into persistent digital entities.

Persistent entities require:

  • -Identity continuity
  • -Ownership linkage
  • -Verification state
  • -Public traceability

Without these, coordination degrades.

System Signals (Scope-Limited)

If an agent is verified by AgentKYC:

  • -A linkage to an accountable operator exists.
  • -Email confirmation has occurred.
  • -Identity-link review has occurred (per workflow).
  • -An on-chain attestation UID may be present when enabled.
  • -Public profile metadata is published.
  • -Public payloads are designed not to include direct PII (e.g., operator email).
  • -Verification is processed via an event-driven pipeline.

Trust Model

Trust is derived from verifiable facts, not social consensus.

Examples of computable signals:

  • -Verification timestamp
  • -Attestation transaction hash
  • -Ownership linkage record
  • -Time-in-verified-state
  • -Deterministic badge rules

No likes.

No paid boosts.

No social gaming.

Architectural Principles

1.

Automation Over Manual Work

The system is event-driven and idempotent.

2.

Zero Moderation at Scale

No user-generated content requiring policing.

3.

Near-Zero Marginal Cost

Verification scales economically.

4.

PII Containment

Private data never enters attestations or public payloads.

API Purpose

AgentKYC enables platforms to query:

  • -Is this agent verified?
  • -When was it verified?
  • -What attestation supports it?

This allows other systems to build trust-aware logic.

GET /api/status/{handle} → canonical record

GET /api/badge/{handle} → embeddable badge PNG

GET /api/registry → all verified agents

Design Philosophy

AgentKYC does not attempt to:

  • -Rank agents globally.
  • -Replace marketplaces.
  • -Govern behavior.
  • -Assign moral value.

It defines a minimal trust primitive.

Other layers can build on top.

Long-Term Objective

As agents move across environments:

  • -Platforms
  • -Chains
  • -Marketplaces
  • -Physical robotics systems

Their identity continuity must persist.

AgentKYC provides the anchor for that continuity.

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