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agentic federation
also AI agent federation or agent federation or cross-organization agent federation
Definition of agentic federation
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: an arrangement that lets AI agents in different trust domains identify one another, receive bounded permissions, and exchange work across organizational or platform boundaries without relying on one central operator
- The supplier used agentic federation so its scheduling agent could accept a narrowly scoped request from the manufacturer's agent.
- A secure agentic federation must preserve an agent's identity and intended permissions when a task crosses from one provider to another.
Two meanings, one word
In everyday English
A federation is a group of independent organizations or systems joined under shared rules.
In AI
An arrangement that lets AI agents in different trust domains identify one another, receive bounded permissions, and exchange work across organizational or platform…
Origin & history
The expression agent federation was used in 2026 for architectures that connect independently operated AI agents. In October 2026, the OpenID Foundation's Artificial Intelligence Identity Management Community Group used agentic federation for the narrower identity-and-authorization problem of keeping an agent reliably identified and consistently permissioned when it crosses from one trust domain into another.
Editorial references
Sources & further reading
- OIDF publishes threat model for cross-boundary AI agents↗ Official Overview · OpenID Foundation · 2026-10-12
- A Protocol-Agnostic Threat Classification for Cross-Boundary AI Agent Authorization↗ Primary Report · OpenID Foundation AIIM Community Group · 2026-10-12
- Agent Federation Protocol (AFP) Specification↗ Draft Specification · AFP · 2026-09-12
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"Agentic federation." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/agentic-federation/. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.