Know-your-agent services establish who an AI agent is and who stands behind it. Certisyn determines whether the governance claims made about the agent are true, and issues the answer as a sealed, policy-versioned record before a counterparty relies on it. A counterparty deciding whether to transact needs the identity layer and the verdict layer.
| Layer | Question | Provided by |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | Who is the agent, and who stands behind it? | Know-your-agent services, agent registries, agent passports |
| Runtime evidence | What did the agent do, and where did it run? | Execution traces, hardware attestation |
| Governance verdict | Are the claims about how the agent is governed true? | Certisyn AIGVS determination |
The Attestation Reconciliation Protocol (draft-hillier-scitt-arp-04) addresses the point where identity and verification meet: whether an accountable principal stands behind an autonomous agent, reconciled against sovereign registers with minimum disclosure.
Know-your-agent services establish who an AI agent is and who stands behind it, in the way know-your-customer services do for people and companies.
A determination of whether the claims about how an agent is governed are true. Identity says who. A verdict says whether the governance claims hold against evidence.