- From: Christian Hommrich <christian.hommrich@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 23:36:18 +0200
- To: public-credentials@w3.org
Daniel's point about delegation and credentials for AI members is the crux of this. We've been working on did:trail (https://github.com/trailprotocol/trail-did-method) — a W3C DID method for AI agent identity. The core idea: the deploying organization registers and signs for its agents, creating a verifiable accountability chain that traces back to a known human. Yesterday's Anthropic Managed Agents launch made the gap concrete: platform-hosted agents are dynamically provisioned per session — no persistent identity in the classical sense. We posted a spec extension proposal today addressing this directly: https://github.com/trailprotocol/trail-did-method/discussions/10 The accountability model is the same whether the agent is on Anthropic, Azure, or self-hosted. The deployer is always accountable. The credential is verifiable without platform cooperation. Happy to discuss whether this fits what the CCG is looking for. Christian Hommrich TRAIL Protocol Initiative https://trailprotocol.org
Received on Monday, 13 April 2026 13:15:41 UTC