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When an agent acts for a user, the receiving service needs to understand the relationship and the evidence behind the request. AIR’s identity flow supports two starting points.

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Agent Gating

Use an authenticated agent-user relationship and accepted credentials to decide which requests can access your service. Apply your own access rules, quotas, and abuse controls to reduce anonymous misuse and protect member-only or limited benefits. Read Agent Gating for the checks and an example.

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Agentic Commerce

Let an agent carry user-approved membership or eligibility into a merchant interaction. The merchant checks the evidence and applies the relevant price, discount, or entitlement.

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Membership pricing

An accepted loyalty credential can qualify a customer for a member benefit through their agent. The identity check establishes eligibility; ordering and payment require their own authority. Read Agentic Commerce for member discounts, travel benefits, and relevant offers.

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Choose your next step

Identify the agent, its operator, the consenting user, and the receiving service in Plan your integration. Then follow the two stages in Using Agentic Identity: delegation and verification.