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The Identity and Trust Layer for
Every AI Agent on the Internet

AITF develops and maintains the open cryptographic identity standard for AI agents, GPUs, and AI models — post-quantum ready, EU AI Act compliant, MIT licensed.

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3
PyPI Packages
13
MCP Tools
FIPS 204
ML-DSA Signed
2027
IETF RFC Target
Mission

Why Agent Identity Matters

AI agents are taking autonomous actions at scale — moving capital, making decisions, executing code — with no cryptographic proof of identity, authority, or accountability. AITF exists to fix this, permanently, as an open standard.

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Cryptographic Identity

Every AI agent and GPU deserves a post-quantum signed certificate. Not a username. Not an API key. A verifiable, unforgeable identity bound to the agent itself.

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Immutable Accountability

Every action taken by an agent must be signed, timestamped, and logged immutably. EU AI Act Article 12 is enacted law today across 27 member states.

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Open Standard

Agent identity cannot be owned by a single company. AITF develops and maintains an open standard — free to implement, free to audit, governed by the community.

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Post-Quantum Ready

The standard uses CRYSTALS-Dilithium3 (ML-DSA, FIPS 204) — NIST-selected post-quantum algorithms. Identities issued today remain valid in the quantum era.

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Regulatory Alignment

Maps directly to EU AI Act Article 12, NIST AI RMF, SOC2, and ISO 27001. Compliance is built into the protocol layer — not an afterthought.

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Community Governed

AITF is governed by its members — security companies, AI infrastructure providers, universities, and enterprises. No single entity controls the standard.


The Standard

How Agent Identity Works

The AITF standard defines five core primitives that together provide complete identity and trust infrastructure for AI agents, GPUs, and AI models.

Primitive Description Status
Agent PassportPost-quantum signed X.509 certificate bound to each AI agentLive
Device AttestationHardware-bound certificate for GPU and compute devices (TPM 2.0)Live
Threshold CADistributed certificate authority with MPC — no single private keyQ3 2026
Audit ProtocolImmutable signed action log — EU AI Act Article 12 compliantLive
Policy LayerOPA-compatible capability scope enforcement at runtimeQ3 2026

Reference Implementation

ComputeID is the production reference implementation of the AITF standard — live at compute-id.com with post-quantum cryptography, a public passport issuance portal, and full EU AI Act Article 12 compliance.

pip install computeid-sdk Python SDK
pip install computeid-cli CLI Tool
pip install computeid-mcp MCP Tools
passport.aicomputeid.com Live Demo
# Issue an agent passport
from computeid_sdk import AgentPassport

passport = AgentPassport.issue(
  name="trading-agent-001",
  org="Acme Corp",
  capabilities=["read", "execute"],
  algorithm="ML-DSA" # FIPS 204
)

# Verify before action
result = AgentPassport.verify(
  passport_id="AGE-001",
  action="execute_trade"
)

# result.valid == True
# result.audit_logged == True

Community

Contribute to the Standard

AITF is built by its community. Whether you write code, review cryptographic specifications, participate in working groups, or contribute regulatory expertise — there is a place for you.

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Core Protocol

Agent Passport Protocol, Threshold CA design, Audit Protocol specification. Requires cryptography background.

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SDK & Tooling

Python SDK, CLI, MCP tools, and integrations with LangChain, CrewAI, and other agent frameworks.

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IETF RFC Working Group

Review and contribute to the RFC draft for Agent Identity and Capability Attestation. Target: Q1 2027.

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Regulatory & Compliance

Map the standard to EU AI Act, NIST, SEBI, RBI, and other jurisdictional frameworks. Policy experts welcome.

Get Involved →
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Academic Research

Partner with AITF on post-quantum cryptography, MPC, and formal verification. Industrial PhD programme open.

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Documentation

Write guides, tutorials, and integration examples to help enterprises and developers adopt the standard.

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Governance

Building the Global Standard

AITF follows a phased governance model — from foundation-led open source to a fully community-governed, decentralised standard body.

PHASE 1
NOW · 2026

Foundation Launch

Open source release. Reference implementation live. First enterprise adopters. EU AI Act compliance framework.

PHASE 2
Q3 2026

Threshold CA & Enterprise

Threshold CA with MPC. OPA policy enforcement. CrewAI + LangChain integration. First 10 enterprise customers.

PHASE 3
Q1 2027

IETF RFC Submission

Draft RFC for Agent Identity and Capability Attestation. KU Leuven COSIC partnership. IEEE working group formation.

PHASE 4
2028+

Decentralised Governance

Community-governed CA. Distributed node operators. Every major agent framework uses AITF by default.


Join the Foundation

AITF is a curated foundation — not an open public signup. Every application is reviewed personally. We welcome enterprises, researchers, developers, and regulators.

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