Auth.md - The Open Protocol for Agentic Registration

AGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2026

Oct 22, 2026 · 10:55–11:20 · America/Los_Angeles

AI agents are becoming users of software — but most apps still only know how to authenticate humans. Auth.md is an open spec for agent-native authentication: a way for AI agents to discover how to register for a service, prove identity, request scopes, receive tokens, and start using an API without breaking out of the agent workflow. This talk introduces our work on Auth.md and the emerging pattern for AI agent auth standards — including agent-native signup, identity assertions, ID-JAG, delegated authorization, and service discovery through an auth.md file. You’ll also see a live demo where an AI agent discovers that Cloudflare supports agent registration, uses an Acme identity to create an account, receives an API token and account ID, sets up the Wrangler CLI, connects to Firecrawl, and deploys a live app. Auth.md is designed to help agents become legitimate users in your system — not fake humans, not spam, and not impersonators — but real agentic users with clear identity and authorization boundaries.

Session status: scheduled

Room: 210 AE

Track: Interoperability & Standards

Level: Intermediate

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