_agent Identity & Discovery
DNS for agents. Discover endpoints and verify identity.
One _agent TXT record for instant discovery and agent identity you can verify.
Quick Start
Discover, publish and validate in minutes
import { discover } from '@agentcommunity/aid'
const { record } = await discover('example.com')
console.log(record.uri) // https://api.example.com/mcpThe Agent/Tooling Integration Problem
Connecting to AI agents shouldn't require a PhD in API archaeology
Manual Integration Hell
Each agent needs bespoke code, doc digging and manual config.
Protocol Fragmentation
Agents speak MCP, A2A, OpenAPI and more—auth flows vary wildly.
Wasted Development Time
Teams lose weeks wiring basic discovery and connection logic.
No Discovery & Identity Standard
No universal way to discover agents and verify who runs them.
How Agent Discovery Solves This
Three simple principles that eliminate integration complexity
One DNS TXT Record
Add a single _agent.example.com TXT record. That's it. No registries, no APIs, no complexity.
Instant Discovery
Any tool can instantly find your agent by looking up the _agent subdomain. Zero manual configuration.
Protocol-Agnostic
The same DNS record works for MCP, A2A, OpenAPI, local packages and any custom protocol.
Agent Identity
Publish a public key (PKA) and let clients verify your endpoint using HTTP Message Signatures (Ed25519).
Identity (PKA)
Public Key for Agents: verify that you are connecting to the right endpoint.
How it works
PKA adds a public key (`k`) and a key id (`i`) to your `_agent` TXT record. Clients send a small challenge and verify an HTTP signature from your server using that key.
In short: DNS tells clients where to connect; Identity (PKA) lets clients verify who is on the other end.
- Publish `k` (public key) and `i` (key id) in your TXT record
- Client sends an `AID-Challenge` to your `uri`
- Server returns an HTTP signature (Ed25519) covering the request
- Client verifies the signature using `k`
_agent.example.com. 300 IN TXT "v=aid1;\
u=https://api.example.com/mcp;\
p=mcp;\
k=z7rW8rTq8o4mM6vVf7w1k3m4uQn9p2YxCAbcDeFgHiJ;\
i=g1"Complete Developer Toolkit
Everything you need to build AID-powered applications
Core Engine
Pure business logic for discovery, validation, identity
CLI – AID Doctor
CLI wrapper around aid-engine: validate & generate records
Conformance Suite
Golden fixtures and CLI runner for parity checks
Web Workbench
Try AID in the browser – no install
Coming soon
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TypeScript / JS
SDK for Node.js & browser
Go
High-performance Go client
Python
Idiomatic Python client
Rust
Idiomatic Rust client
Java
Idiomatic Java client
.NET
C#/.NET client
The Future of AI Integration
Building the infrastructure for the next generation of AI applications
Universal Agent Ecosystem
Imagine a world where every AI service is instantly discoverable. No more hunting through documentation, no more custom integration code. Just type a domain and connect to any agent, anywhere.
- Cross-platform interoperability
- Automatic capability discovery
- Zero-config networking
- Verifiable agent identity (PKA)
Open-Source Agent Infrastructure
We’re building a vendor-neutral stack for hosting, scaling and observing agents. Curious? Get involved at agentcommunity.org.
- MIT-licensed core
- Self-host or cloud
- Token registries & open index
- Community governance