Agent authorization

What Agent authorization means

Identity answers who; authorization answers what that principal may do.

Related terms in Agents and protocols

How autonomous agents plan, remember, call tools and talk to each other, including MCP and A2A, and where each step can go wrong.

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Questions about Agent authorization

What is Agent authorization?

The permissions granted to an authenticated agent or delegated user.

Which area of the glossary does Agent authorization belong to?

Agents and protocols: How autonomous agents plan, remember, call tools and talk to each other, including MCP and A2A, and where each step can go wrong.

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