Personal Agent Consent & Trust Protocol (PACT)
The Personal Agent Consent & Trust Protocol (PACT) is an open-source standard designed to facilitate secure, verifiable interactions between customer-facing personal AI agents and business-side AI agents. By leveraging OAuth 2.0 and the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol, PACT allows businesses to authenticate personal agents and manage customer-granted permissions without exposing sensitive login credentials.
The Personal Agent Consent & Trust Protocol (PACT) is an open-source standard designed to facilitate secure, verifiable interactions between customer-facing personal AI agents and business-side AI agents. By leveraging OAuth 2.0 and the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol, PACT allows businesses to authenticate personal agents and manage customer-granted permissions without exposing sensitive login credentials.
- 01Cryptographic verification of agent identity using signed JWTs
- 02OAuth 2.0-based delegated authorization for granular permission management
- 03Separation of agent identity from account authority to enhance security
- 04Standardized discovery of business agent endpoints and capabilities
- 05Open-source specification for cross-platform interoperability