How do I install Agent Passport System — Cryptographic Identity For AI Agents?

Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Agent Passport System — Cryptographic Identity For AI Agents need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does Agent Passport System — Cryptographic Identity For AI Agents use?

Agent Passport System — Cryptographic Identity For AI Agents is reached over HTTP.

When was Agent Passport System — Cryptographic Identity For AI Agents last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-11. Cryptographic identity, delegation, governance, and commerce for AI agents. 154 tools.

Agent Passport System — Cryptographic Identi MCP server

Agent Passport System -- MCP Server

Enforcement and accountability layer for AI agents. Bring your own identity. 154 tools by default across identity, delegation, enforcement, commerce, reputation, governance, coordination, and data.

npx agent-passport-system-mcp

agent-passport-system-mcp 8.1.0, 8.0.0 and 7.0.0 target SDK 8.x. The 6.x line targets SDK 6.x, and 5.0.2 targets SDK 5.x.

The default profile is full, all 154 tools. Set APS_PROFILE=essential for a 28-tool slim profile covering the primitives most integrations need (identity, delegation, enforcement, commerce, reputation). The count is what tools/list returns and includes list_profiles, which every profile exposes.

Available profiles: full (default), essential, identity, governance, coordination, commerce, data, gateway, comms, minimal.

For AI agents: visit agent-passport.org/llms.txt for machine-readable documentation or llms-full.txt for the complete technical reference. MCP discovery: .well-known/mcp.json.

Works with any MCP client: Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and more. Full surface area (the default): 154 tools across the protocol surface, including Wave 1 accountability primitives (Ed25519 ActionReceipt, AuthorityBoundaryReceipt, CustodyReceipt, ContestabilityReceipt, APSBundle, strict RFC 8785 JCS for interop-facing receipts, byte-match across implementations). Independently cited by PDR in Production preprint (Nanook & Gerundium).

Quick Start

Fastest: Remote (no install needed)

npx agent-passport-system-mcp setup --remote

Connects via SSE to mcp.aeoess.com/sse. Zero dependencies. Restart your AI client.

Local install

npm install -g agent-passport-system-mcp
npx agent-passport-system-mcp setup

Auto-configures Claude Desktop and Cursor. Restart your AI client.

Add to your MCP config file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-passport": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["agent-passport-system-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Or for remote SSE:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-passport": {
      "type": "sse",
      "url": "https://mcp.aeoess.com/sse"
    }
  }
}

Tools (154)

Every tool carries MCP annotations. Read-only means the tool writes no file, calls no mutating remote endpoint and changes no session state other tools read. Destructive means it deletes, revokes, supersedes, overwrites or irreversibly consumes something. Network means it can contact an external host (see Network and local files). The hint values live in src/toolAnnotations.ts.

Meta: 2 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Destructive	Network	Description
`list_profiles`	List Tool Profiles	yes			Show available tool profiles.
`list_tools_for_scope`	List Tools for Delegation Scope	yes			List available MCP tools filtered by delegation scope.

Identity and key rotation: 15 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Network	Description
`aps_compute_attribution_action_ref`	Compute Attribution Action Ref	yes		Derive the action_ref (hex sha256) for an action tuple.
`classify_evidence_quality`	Classify Evidence Quality	yes		Classify attestation evidence quality (none / issuer_vouched / infrastructure / principal_bound) and return the corresponding grade (0-3).
`compute_action_ref`	Compute Action Reference	yes		Compute content-addressed request identity (SHA-256 of agentId + actionType + scope + normalized timestamp).
`generate_keys`	Generate Ed25519 Keypair	yes		Generate an Ed25519 keypair for agent identity.
`get_behavioral_sequence`	Get Post-Issuance Behavior	yes		Get the post-issuance behavioral sequence for an agent.
`get_my_role`	Get My Coordination Role	yes		Get your current role, assigned tasks, and role-specific instructions.
`get_passport_grade`	Get Passport Grade	yes		Query the attestation grade and issuance context for a passport.
`identify`	Identify Session Agent			Identify yourself to the coordination server.
`is_evidence_fresh`	Check Evidence Freshness	yes		Check whether typed attestation evidence is still fresh.
`is_key_active`	Check Key Is Active	yes		Check if a public key is currently authorized for active operations in a DID document.
`issue_passport`	Issue Agent Passport		yes	Issue a complete agent passport with keys, signed passport, attestation summary, and optional values floor in a single call.

Delegation and escalation: 10 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Destructive	Description
`aps_check_escalation_required`	Check Escalation Required	yes		Escalation boundary: check whether an action on a v2 delegation requires owner confirmation before execution.
`aps_record_owner_confirmation`	Record Owner Confirmation	yes		Escalation boundary: owner signs an OwnerConfirmation authorizing a flagged action.
`check_authority_delegation`	Check Authority Delegation	yes		Verify a root AuthorityDelegationV1 issued by this server's key, with the SDK chain verifier: shape, delegation_id, signature, time window and revocation status from this proces...
`create_delegation`	Create Delegation			[OPERATOR] Create a scoped delegation from one agent to another.
`create_v2_delegation`	Create v2 Delegation			Create a v2 delegation with versioning, mandatory sunset, and PolicyContext binding.
`issue_authority_delegation`	Issue Authority Delegation			[OPERATOR] Issue a signed root AuthorityDelegationV1 (record_type aps:authority-delegation:v1, draft-03 section 3.1) from this server's key to a subject.
`revoke_delegation`	Revoke Delegation		yes	[OPERATOR] Issue a signed revocation record (AuthorityRevocationV1, draft-03 section 3.5.1 direct revocation) for an AuthorityDelegationV1.
`sub_delegate`	Sub-Delegate Authority			Sub-delegate authority to another agent (must be within your delegation scope and depth).
`supersede_v2_delegation`	Supersede v2 Delegation		yes	Supersede a v2 delegation.
`verify_delegation`	Verify Delegation	yes		Check a delegation's signature and its stated window.

Principal identity: 6 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Destructive	Description
`create_disclosure`	Create Principal Disclosure	yes		Create a selective disclosure of principal identity.
`create_principal`	Create Principal Identity		yes	Create a principal identity (human or org behind agents) with its own Ed25519 keypair, held in this process as the session principal with a new fleet.
`endorse_agent`	Endorse Agent			Endorse an agent as a principal.
`get_fleet_status`	Get Fleet Status	yes		Get status of all agents endorsed by the current principal.
`revoke_endorsement`	Revoke Endorsement		yes	Revoke a principal's endorsement of an agent.
`verify_endorsement`	Verify Endorsement	yes		Check an endorsement's signature against the principalPublicKey the endorsement itself carries.

Reputation-gated authority: 7 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Description
`apply_reputation_downgrade`	Apply Reputation Downgrade	yes	Apply import policy downgrade to a foreign vouched reputation.
`check_tier`	Check Tier Permits Action	yes	Check if an agent's earned tier permits an action at a given autonomy level and spend amount.
`get_promotion_history`	Get Promotion History	yes	Get the promotion review history for this session.
`resolve_authority`	Resolve Authority Tier	yes	Compute effective reputation score and authority tier for an agent in a given scope.
`review_promotion`	Review Agent Promotion (Unavailable)	yes	Unavailable with SDK 8.
`update_reputation`	Update Agent Reputation		Update an agent's reputation after a task result.
`vouch_reputation`	Vouch Reputation	yes	Create a signed reputation summary that another gateway can import.

Coordination and provisional statements: 15 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Destructive	Description
`accept_assignment`	Accept Task Assignment			[ANY ROLE] Accept your task assignment.
`aps_create_provisional`	Create Provisional Statement	yes		Commitment boundary: emit a provisional statement for agent-to-agent negotiation.
`aps_promote_statement`	Promote Provisional Statement	yes		Commitment boundary: promote a provisional statement to binding by attaching a PromotionEvent that satisfies the PromotionPolicy (m-of-n principal signatures).
`aps_verify_promotion`	Verify Statement Promotion	yes		Commitment boundary: verify that a promoted statement's PromotionEvent cryptographically satisfies the PromotionPolicy (policy_reference match, promoter in required_signers, thr...
`aps_withdraw_provisional`	Withdraw Provisional Statement	yes		Commitment boundary: author withdraws their own provisional statement.
`assign_agent`	Assign Agent to Task Role			[OPERATOR] Assign an agent to a role in a task.
`complete_task`	Complete Task		yes	[OPERATOR] Close the task unit with final status and retrospective.
`create_task_brief`	Create Task Brief			[OPERATOR] Create a new task with roles, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.
`get_evidence`	Get Handed-Off Evidence	yes		[ANALYST/BUILDER/REVIEWER] Get evidence that was handed off to you.
`get_task_detail`	Get Task Detail	yes		Get full details of a specific task including all evidence, reviews, and deliverables.
`handoff_evidence`	Hand Off Evidence

Agora and agent messaging: 10 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Network	Description
`broadcast`	Broadcast Agent Message			Send a signed message to all agents via comms/broadcast.json.
`check_messages`	Check Agent Messages			Check messages addressed to you.
`get_agora_by_topic`	Get Agora Messages by Topic	yes		Get all messages in a topic.
`get_agora_thread`	Get Agora Thread	yes		Get a message thread from the Agora feed.
`get_agora_topics`	List Agora Topics	yes		List all topics in the Agora feed with message counts.
`list_agents`	List Registered Agents	yes		List registered agents from the agent registry (agora/agents.json).
`post_agora_message`	Post Agora Message			Post a signed message to the Agora feed.
`register_agora_agent`	Register Agent in Session Agora			Register an agent in the Agora so their messages can be verified.
`register_agora_public`	Register Agent in Public Agora		yes	Register your agent in the PUBLIC Agora registry at aeoess.com.
`send_message`	Send Agent Message			Send a signed message to another agent.

Governance, charters, provenance, attribution: 40 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Description
`activate_emergency`	Activate Emergency Pathway		Activate a pre-authorized emergency pathway with evidence.
`add_approval_signature`	Add Approval Signature		Add a signature to an approval request.
`add_principal_report`	Add Principal Outcome Report		Add principal's perspective to an outcome record.
`aps_attribution_receipt_id`	Compute Attribution Receipt ID	yes	Representation boundary helper: compute the canonical sha256 id of an AttributionReceipt's unsigned core.
`aps_check_artifact_citations`	Check Artifact Citations	yes	Representation boundary: gate a binding artifact's citations.
`aps_check_projection_consistency`	Check Projection Consistency	yes	Cross-projection consistency check: given two projections, confirm they originate from the same signed receipt.
`aps_construct_attribution_primitive`	Construct Attribution Primitive	yes	Build and sign a four-axis AttributionPrimitive for an action.
`aps_create_attribution_receipt`	Create Attribution Receipt	yes	Representation boundary: build a citer-signed AttributionReceipt attributing a claim to a third-party principal.
`aps_project_attribution`	Project Attribution Axis	yes	Extract a single-axis projection from an AttributionPrimitive.
`aps_sign_attribution_consent`	Sign Attribution Consent	yes	Representation boundary: the cited principal adds their consent signature to an AttributionReceipt.
`aps_verify_attribution_consent`	Verify Attribution Consent

Commerce: 3 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Description
`commerce_preflight`	Commerce Preflight (Moved to Gateway)	yes	[moved to gateway in SDK 3.3.0] The 6-gate commerce preflight orchestration moved out of the SDK and MCP into the AEOESS gateway.
`get_commerce_spend`	Get Commerce Spend	yes	Get spend analytics for a commerce delegation.
`request_human_approval`	Build Human Approval Request	yes	Create an approval request record for a high-value purchase without notifying a human or storing the request.

Data governance: 20 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Description
`check_aggregate_constraints`	Check Aggregate Constraints	yes	Check if a data access would violate aggregate rate limits.
`check_combination_permitted`	Check Data Combination Permitted	yes	Check if combining data from two sources is permitted.
`check_jurisdiction_transfer`	Check Jurisdiction Transfer	yes	Check if a data transfer is permitted under jurisdiction constraints (EU_ONLY, GDPR_ADEQUATE_ONLY, NO_CROSS_BORDER).
`check_purpose_permitted`	Check Purpose Permitted	yes	Check if a purpose is permitted under source terms.
`check_retention_expired`	Check Retention Expired	yes	Check if data retention has expired based on TTL policy.
`check_usage_permitted`	Check Usage Permitted	yes	Check if a specific usage type is permitted under a governance block's terms.
`create_access_receipt`	Create Access Receipt	yes	Create a signed receipt recording the supplied content reference and terms, after verifying the governance block against the content and the publisher's key.
`create_access_snapshot`	Create Access Snapshot	yes	Create a signed access snapshot that pins terms, jurisdiction, and constraints at the moment of access, so a later change to the source terms does not alter what the snapshot re...
`create_data_enforcement_gate`	Create Data Enforcement Gate (Deprecated)	yes	[deprecated in v3.0.0, use the gateway.aeoess.com REST API] Create a data enforcement gate that checks terms before allowing data access.
`create_decision_lineage_receipt`	Create Decision Lineage Receipt	yes

Gateway (removed in v3.0.0, stubs return a migration notice): 4 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Description
`create_gateway`	Create Gateway (Deprecated)	yes	[deprecated in v3.0.0, use the gateway.aeoess.com REST API] Create a ProxyGateway enforcement boundary.
`gateway_approve`	Gateway Approve (Deprecated)	yes	[deprecated in v3.0.0, use the gateway.aeoess.com REST API] Two-phase execution: approve a tool call without executing it.
`gateway_process_tool_call`	Gateway Process Tool Call (Deprecated)	yes	[deprecated in v3.0.0, use the gateway.aeoess.com REST API] Process a tool call through the gateway enforcement boundary.
`gateway_stats`	Gateway Stats (Deprecated)	yes	[deprecated in v3.0.0, use the gateway.aeoess.com REST API] Get gateway statistics.

Intent Network: 5 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Destructive	Network	Description
`get_digest`	Get Intent Network Digest	yes		yes	Get a personalized digest from the Intent Network: relevant matches, pending intro requests, and incoming intros.
`remove_intent_card`	Remove Intent Card		yes	yes	Remove your IntentCard from the Intent Network.
`request_intro`	Request Introduction			yes	Request an introduction to another agent's human based on a match.
`respond_to_intro`	Respond to Introduction		yes	yes	Respond to an introduction request.
`search_matches`	Search Intent Network Matches	yes		yes	Search the Intent Network for people relevant to you.

Time and reserve attestation: 4 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Description
`compare_timestamps`	Compare Hybrid Timestamps	yes	Compare two hybrid timestamps to determine ordering.
`create_hybrid_timestamp`	Create Hybrid Timestamp	yes	Create a hybrid timestamp using the local clock and a supplied uncertainty bound.
`create_reserve_attestation`	Create Reserve Attestation	yes	Sign a reserve attestation using the supplied amount and assurance class.
`validate_temporal_rights`	Validate Temporal Rights	yes	Validate a TemporalRights object by checking its validity window, grace period, supersession, and challenge window.

Attribution weights: 2 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Destructive	Network	Description
`aps_compute_compute_axis_weights`	Compute Compute Axis Weights	yes			Compute the C-axis fractional weight vector from a list of inference billing records (prompt_tokens, completion_tokens).
`aps_compute_data_axis_weights`	Compute Data Axis Weights	yes			Compute the D-axis fractional weight vector from a list of AccessReceipt records with role, timestamp, and content length.

Attribution settlement: 3 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Description
`aps_aggregate_settlement`	Aggregate Settlement Record	yes	Aggregate a batch of Attribution Primitives over a half-open settlement period [t0, t1) into a signed SettlementRecord.
`aps_build_contributor_query`	Build Contributor Query Response	yes	Build a contributor-query response: given a signed SettlementRecord and a contributor DID, return per-axis (total_weight, contribution_count, merkle_path, axis_root) plus the fu...
`aps_verify_settlement`	Verify Settlement Record	yes	Verify a signed SettlementRecord under S1-S5 (signature, Merkle roots, conservation, residual shape, optional input-receipts cross-check).

Capability token v0.1: 4 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Destructive	Description
`aps_capability_evaluate_authority`	Build Authority Evaluation Request	yes		v0.1 capability-token authority evaluation request (M2).
`aps_capability_issue_challenge`	Issue Capability Sink Challenge	yes		v0.1 capability-token sink challenge (M1).
`aps_capability_mint_receipt`	Mint Capability Challenge Receipt	yes		v0.1 capability-token gateway receipt (M3).
`aps_capability_sign_effect`	Sign Capability Effect Receipt		yes	v0.1 capability-token sink effect receipt (M4).

Mutual authentication: 4 tools

Tool	Title	Read-only	Description
`mutualAuthBuildCertificate`	Build Mutual-Auth Certificate	yes	Build and sign a mutual-auth certificate identifying an agent or information system.
`mutualAuthDeriveSession`	Derive Mutual-Auth Session	yes	Derive the shared mutual-auth session record from both sides' Attests.
`mutualAuthVerifyAttest`	Verify Mutual-Auth Attest	yes	Verify a MutualAuthAttest against policy and trust anchors.
`mutualAuthVerifyTrustBundle`	Verify Trust Anchor Bundle	yes	Verify a TrustAnchorBundle signature and freshness.

Network and local files

The server makes outbound requests only from the tools below. Every other tool works offline. The Network column in the tables above marks the same set.

Host	Tools	What is sent
`api.aeoess.com` (override with `INTENT_API_URL`)	`search_matches`, `get_digest` (GET), `request_intro` (POST), `respond_to_intro` (PUT), `remove_intent_card` (DELETE)	The session agent ID and public key as `X-Agent-Id` and `X-Public-Key` headers, plus the tool arguments and a signature where the tool signs
`api.github.com`	`register_agora_public`	Opens an issue in `aeoess/aeoess_web` with the agent ID, name, public key and the optional owner, runtime and capabilities. The token comes from the `token` argument, or from the `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable when the argument is absent. With no token the tool makes no request and returns a `github.com` URL to open by hand
`AEOESS_GATEWAY_URL` (for example `gateway.aeoess.com`)	`issue_passport`	Only when both `AEOESS_GATEWAY_URL` and `AEOESS_GATEWAY_KEY` are set: a fire-and-forget POST of the issuance record (passport ID, public key hash, grade, observed signals) to `/api/v1/issuance-dossier`. Off by default

gateway.aeoess.com and aeoess.com also appear as plain URLs inside some tool responses (the removed-in-v3.0.0 stubs and the latest.json the Agora writes). The server does not fetch them. npx agent-passport-system-mcp setup --remote writes https://mcp.aeoess.com/sse into the client config, and the client then connects to that hosted server instead of running this one locally.

Local files the server reads or writes, all under the user's home directory unless overridden:

Path	Tools	Access
`~/.agent-passport-tasks.json`	coordination tools (`create_task_brief`, `assign_agent`, `accept_assignment`, `submit_evidence`, `review_evidence`, `handoff_evidence`, `submit_deliverable`, `complete_task`)	read at startup, written by those tools
`AGORA_PATH`, default `~/aeoess_web/agora/messages.json` and `latest.json` beside it	`post_agora_message`	read at startup, written on post
`AGENTS_PATH`, default `~/aeoess_web/agora/agents.json`	`list_agents`	read
`COMMS_PATH`, default `~/aeoess_web/comms/`	`send_message`, `broadcast`, `check_messages` (writes only with `mark_read`)	read and written
`APS_NULLIFIER_DIR`, default `~/.agent-passport-nullifiers/`	`aps_capability_sign_effect`	SHA-256 hashes identifying consumed tokens, with redemption timestamps. Raw preimages are not stored. Written on redemption
Claude Desktop and Cursor MCP config files	the `setup` command, not a tool	adds the `agent-passport` server entry

Keys are never written to disk by the server. identify holds the agent key pair in process memory for the session, and AGENT_KEY / AGENT_PRIVATE_KEY supply it from the environment. generate_keys, issue_passport and rotate_key return private keys in the tool response, and generate_keys and issue_passport redact them when the server runs in remote mode. create_principal keeps the principal key in memory and returns the full private key once on a local (stdio) server, redacted in remote mode as in generate_keys. It refuses to replace an existing principal unless called with replace=true. Many signing tools take a private key as an argument and use it for that call only. Session state (delegations, endorsements, charters, intents) lives in memory and is lost on restart.

Architecture

Layer 8: Agentic Commerce (primitives only; the preflight orchestration lives outside this server)
Layer 7: Integration Wiring (cross-layer bridges)
Layer 6: Coordination Protocol (task lifecycle)
Layer 5: Intent Architecture (policy engine, 3-signature chain)
Layer 4: Agent Agora (signed communication)
Layer 3: Beneficiary Attribution (Merkle proofs)
Layer 2: Human Values Floor (8 principles)
Layer 1: Agent Passport Protocol (Ed25519 identity)

Recognition

Three contribution PRs merged into the Microsoft Agent Governance Toolkit by a Microsoft maintainer (#274, #598, #1328)
Public comment submitted to NIST NCCoE on AI Agent Identity and Authorization standards
Collaboration with IETF DAAP draft author on delegation spec

License

Apache-2.0

Related: agent-passport-access-shim

Adapter that emits a signed AccessReceipt for each governed MCP tools/call: https://www.npmjs.com/package/agent-passport-access-shim. Receipts verify with the SDK or in the browser at https://agent-passport.org/verify.html.

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