EXACT-ACTION AUTHORITY FOR AI AGENTS

Check what an AI agent is authorised to do before the action happens.

An agent can have a real identity and still lack permission for this purchase order, this amount and this recipient. Verified Authority checks the exact proposal against current limits independently of the agent.

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Public walkthrough: fictional organisations, inert decisions and no real execution. A production authority service is a separate step.

VERIFIEDAUTHORITYEXACT-ACTION CHECK

AGENTIDENTITY ≠ PERMISSION

AUTHORITYCURRENT LIMITS

EXACT ACTIONTERMS BOUND

RECIPIENTCHECKS EVIDENCE

Identity tells you who.
Authority answers may they do this?

The decision is separate from the agent. An out-of-bounds proposal is denied; evidence for an authorised exact action can be independently checked by the recipient.

THE RECOMMENDED FIVE-MINUTE WALKTHROUGH

One purchase order.
Five revealing outcomes.

Follow the fictional Northstar Procurement Agent and its supplier. The example makes the difference between identity, delegated authority and a checkable exact action concrete.

Open the Purchase Order journey

£38,000 proposed

The request exceeds the fictional £10,000 purchase-order limit.

DENIED

£8,000 exact action

The decision applies only to this recorded action and its exact terms.

AUTHORISED

Recipient checks

The recipient independently checks the precise action and evidence.

VERIFIED

£39,000 presented

Changing the amount cannot inherit the £8,000 authorisation.

INVALID

Evidence reused

The same consumed evidence cannot authorise another action.

DENIED

A SEPARATE DECISION

The agent proposes.
Authority decides.

Actor

Who is requesting?

Identity and system access are context, not blanket permission.

Scope

What may they do now?

Check capability, delegation, revocation and current limits.

Exact terms

Which action?

Bind recipient, amount and relevant details to the decision.

Recipient

Can they check it?

Verify the precise evidence; reject altered or reused presentations.

The fictional demonstration proves the illustrated decision behaviour. It does not establish underlying real-world truth, legal validity, delivery or execution.

CONTROLLED PILOT

Start with one agent, one consequential action and a limit you can explain.

Discuss a bounded pilot