Causum Releases AI Agency Protocol for Agent Permissions

Aug 20, 2026
Causum has released AI Agency Protocol, an open protocol for governing AI agent authority through expiring grants, scoped credentials, and broker controlled access.

Causum announced in a press release the release of AI Agency Protocol, an open protocol for governing the authority of AI agents. The protocol is available at gitlab.com/causum/aiap.

AIAP treats an agent's authority to act as a grant based on purpose, context, and policy. The grant expires when the purpose is complete, when time runs out, or when an operator revokes it.

Requests go through an agency broker. The broker can issue scoped, time limited credentials or execute an action itself so the agent does not hold a credential.

When one agent delegates to another, AIAP allows the delegated authority only to become narrower. Causum calls this approach Least Agency.

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