Delegated authority
The model where an agent acts on behalf of a human or another agent, holding strictly less authority than the principal that authorized it, and provably distinct from that principal.
Part of the Agent Control Fabric: Highflame's identity, policy, and enforcement substrate for AI agents.
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Delegation depth
How many on-behalf-of hops a credential sits from its original human authorizer. Highflame enforces depth as a first-class policy primitive.
Read →DPoP
Demonstrating Proof-of-Possession (RFC 9449): binds a token to a proof key so a stolen token is inert without it.
Read →Guardrails
Inline detection and enforcement on an agent's prompts, tool calls, and responses: blocking unsafe actions in real time.
Read →Identity provider (IdP)
The system that issues and manages identities. Highflame extends your existing IdP to agents rather than replacing it.
Read →Inline enforcement
Evaluating and deciding on an action before it executes, out-of-band and fail-closed, rather than detecting it after the fact.
Read →Just-in-time (JIT) access
Issuing short-lived, task-scoped credentials on demand that expire when the work is done: eliminating standing access there's nothing to leak or over-grant.
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