I-D Action: draft-kumaresan-counter-sign-00.txt

Internet-Draft draft-kumaresan-counter-sign-00.txt is now available.

   Title:   counter-sign: An Open Protocol for Agent-to-Human Authorization
   Author:  Haridarman Kumaresan
   Name:    draft-kumaresan-counter-sign-00.txt
   Pages:   11
   Dates:   2026-07-23

Abstract:

   Autonomous software agents can now take consequential actions on an
   organization's behalf, such as moving money or changing production
   systems.  Existing agent protocols standardize how an agent reaches
   tools and how agents reach one another, but not how a specific action
   is authorized by a human in a way that stays verifiable after the
   fact.  This document describes counter-sign, an open protocol for
   agent-to-human authorization.  An agent emits a signed Intent that
   states the action it proposes to take.  One or more humans return
   signed Countersignatures that authorize the action, each signed with
   a key the coordinating service does not hold.  Every decision
   produces a tamper-evident receipt that can be verified offline.  The
   protocol defines the Intent and Countersignature objects, a per-
   approver-key quorum model for separation of duty, an enrollment
   registry that binds actors to keys, and a hash-chained receipt log.
   Conformance test vectors accompany the specification.

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