# AGNTCY Identity Service API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/agntcy/agntcy-identity-service-api/  
**Provider:** AGNTCY — https://apis.io/providers/agntcy/  
**Documentation:** https://identity-docs.outshift.com/openapi/service/v1alpha1

AGNTCY Identity Service API is one of 5 APIs that [AGNTCY](https://apis.io/providers/agntcy/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Identity, Verifiable Credentials, Authorization, and AI Agents. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

Manages identity and access control in the AGNTCY ecosystem: register agents, MCP servers and tools as apps (including directly from an OASF record), issue and verify W3C Verifiable Credential badges, manage policies and rules, register approval devices, and run the OIDC authorize/token and external-authorization flows. OpenAPI 3.0.3, 36 operations, with bearer-JWT and x-id-api-key security schemes.

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/agntcy/refs/heads/main/openapi/agntcy-identity-service-openapi.yaml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/agntcy/refs/heads/main/overlays/agntcy-identity-service-overlay.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://identity-docs.outshift.com/docs/intro/
- **APIReference** — https://identity-docs.outshift.com/docs/api
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/agntcy/identity-service
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/agntcy/refs/heads/main/authentication/agntcy-authentication.yml

## Other AGNTCY APIs (4)

- [OASF Schema API](https://apis.io/apis/agntcy/oasf-schema-api/)
- [Agent Connect Protocol (ACP)](https://apis.io/apis/agntcy/agent-connect-protocol-acp/)
- [AGNTCY Identity Node API](https://apis.io/apis/agntcy/agntcy-identity-node-api/)
- [Agent Directory (DIR)](https://apis.io/apis/agntcy/agent-directory-dir/)

## Tags

Identity, Verifiable Credentials, Authorization, AI Agents

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