OAuth Does Its Job. AI Agents Need a Different Job Done.

OAuth 2.0 does its job well — authenticating agents and governing resource access. But autonomous AI agents require a second question answered, one OAuth was never designed to address. IPP is the layer that proves every action in the chain stayed within what the human authorized — mathematically, without a central server, across organizational boundaries.

Protocol coverage by requirement
RequirementOAuthIPP
Human auth✓—
Bounded intent✕✓
Delegation chain✕✓
Provenance✕✓
Legal attribution✕✓
Mid-chain revoke✕✓
Authorship record✕✓

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