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Identity for AI Agents - Patrick Riley & Carlos Galan, Auth0
Takeaway
Production agents need a dedicated identity layer—async user approval, token vaulting, and fine-grained authorization—not just API keys in environment variables.
Summary
- Auth0's new 'Auth0 for AI' release covers four agent-identity pillars: AI knows who I am, calls APIs on my behalf, requests my confirmation, and has fine-grained access.
- Async OAuth (CIBA-based) lets long-running autonomous agents trigger push approval to the human, returning a scoped access token with the exact approved transaction details.
- Token Vault persists upstream refresh tokens for services like Slack/Facebook so agents can stay online, with separate flows for SPAs, LangGraph CLI external APIs, and traditional web apps.
- Maps onto updated OWASP LLM Top 10 threats, addressing the new modalities of interactive, batch-runner, and fully autonomous agents.
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Original description
Implementing secure identity and access management for AI agents with Okta! https://www.linkedin.com/in/patmriley/ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cgcladera_auth0-for-ai-agents-secure-agentic-apps-activity-7399029829565579264-9Gdf/