Anonymous Agent Registration

An agent with no human behind it registers itself, receives a service-signed identity assertion, and exchanges that assertion for an access token using the RFC 7523 JWT bearer grant. The token carries the pre-claim scope because nothing yet proves who runs the agent.

Sequence Diagram

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AgentAuth Server1Discover the agent_auth block2Register at the identity endpoint3Exchange the assertion for a token4Access token issued
Request
Response
Redirect
Internal

Step-by-Step Breakdown

1
Discover the agent_auth block
AgentAuthorization Server
2
Register at the identity endpoint
AgentAuthorization Server
3
Exchange the assertion for a token
AgentAuthorization Server
4
Access token issued
Authorization ServerAgent

Token Inspector

Specs for this flow

Sections of the protocol that normatively define this flow, plus the security considerations that apply to it.