This repository hosts the specification for the Agentic Identity Protocol — the open protocol for verifying the identity of, and credentials about, autonomous agents transacting across payment rails.
AIP is under active development. The current draft is aip-v0.6-draft-1.md, published for technical review.
Draft status means the document reflects committed architectural decisions but is subject to revision based on feedback from technical advisors, reference implementation experience, and community input. Substantive changes will be reflected as numbered draft revisions with visible diff. The final version will be tagged when review is complete.
Implementations consuming this draft should expect non-breaking refinements before v0.6 final.
aip-v0.6-draft-1.md— current version
Previous versions of AIP (v0.3.1, v0.5) are not maintained in this repository. v0.6 supersedes them, with the migration path documented in Section 10.
Technical feedback on the draft is welcome. Two paths:
- Open an issue in this repository for specific points (architectural questions, W3C alignment concerns, ambiguities)
- For broader feedback or discussion, contact the Observer Protocol team directly
Feedback is reviewed in the context of preparing the next draft revision. Not all feedback will result in changes, but all of it is considered.
The reference implementation of AIP is Observer Protocol, available at observerprotocol.org. Other implementations are welcome and encouraged; the protocol is designed to support multiple conforming implementations.
This repository is for protocol specification work in progress. Public-facing protocol documentation, ecosystem materials, and adoption resources are at observerprotocol.org. Documents published here are working drafts maintained for technical reviewers.
This specification is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0). You are free to share and adapt the material for any purpose, including commercially, provided appropriate attribution is given.