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author: Jan Brennenstuhl
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description: Scoped, revocable access to tools for agents acting on behalf of people.
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  name: CC BY 4.0
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markdown_url: https://www.janbrennenstuhl.eu/projects/agentic-identity-broker/index.md
modified: '2026-09-15T00:00:00+02:00'
published: '2026-09-15T00:00:00+02:00'
review_basis: publication
review_status: reviewed
reviewed: '2026-09-15'
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status: published
title: Agentic Identity Broker
topics:
- agentic-engineering
- identity-authentication
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# Agentic Identity Broker

Scoped, revocable access to tools for agents acting on behalf of people.

Magnus Jungsbluth and I built the open-source Agentic Identity Broker. It keeps the user and the agent in authorization decisions and stores provider tokens outside the agent's context.

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## Explore the project

- [Documentation](https://agenticidentitybroker.dev/)
- [Source code and current project status](https://github.com/zalando-incubator/agentic-identity-broker)
- [What I learned building it](https://www.janbrennenstuhl.eu/agentic-identity-broker/)

The project is licensed under MIT. This page reflects the September 2026 release; consult the project documentation for current capabilities.


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Cite as: Jan Brennenstuhl. "Agentic Identity Broker." Brennenstuhl on Security, 15 September 2026. https://www.janbrennenstuhl.eu/projects/agentic-identity-broker/
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) for the original text; credited third-party media keep their own rights.