Show HN: Agentic Identity Broker, OAuth Delegation for AI Agents
Hi HN, I’m Jan. I am co-author of the Agentic Identity Broker (AIB), an MIT-licensed OAuth2 broker in the Zalando Incubator, that lets a user give an AI agent scoped, revocable access to MCP services. The broker solves three major challenges that are especially relevant in corporate environments: (A) Enable users to delegate workloads to agents without providing the agents all the user’s tokens. (B) Connect fragmented identity and authorization systems. (C) Centralize tool approvals and audit lo
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2026-11-06 15:45:18.071Z
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Repository: zalando-incubator/agentic-identity-broker. Source account: Hi HN, I’m Jan. I am co-author of the Agentic Identity Broker (AIB), an MIT-licensed OAuth2 broker in the Zalando Incubator, that lets a user give an AI agent scoped, revocable access to MCP services. The broker solves three major challenges that are especially relevant in corporate environments: (A) Enable users to delegate workloads to agents without providing the agents all the user’s tokens. (B) Connect fragmented identity and authorization systems. (C) Centralize tool approvals and audit lo
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