Show HN: Agentic Identity Broker, OAuth Delegation for AI Agents
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Hi HN, I’m Jan. I am co-author of the Agentic Identity Broker (AIB), an MIT-licensed OAuth2 broker in the Zalando Incubator, that lets a user give an AI agent scoped, revocable access to MCP services. The broker solves three major challenges that are especially relevant in corporate environments: (A) Enable users to delegate workloads to agents without providing the agents all the user’s tokens. (B) Connect fragmented identity and authorization systems. (C) Centralize tool approvals and audit…
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- Nov 6, 2026
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Trending history
Show HN: Agentic Identity Broker, OAuth Delegation for AI Agents was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 6, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 54 checks on 2 different days, across 2 lists (Hacker News · Front page, Hacker News · Show HN). Its best position was #26 of 30, reached on Nov 6, 17:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 7, 14:50 UTC.
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26
Oct 26today
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Where it trended
| List | Best | Days | Checks | Last seen |
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| Hacker News · Front page | #26 | 1 | 8 | |
| Hacker News · Show HN | #1 | 2 | 46 |
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Thanks for sharing, and congrats on the launch. I looked through GitHub and the .dev site and still have a few questions: - Why isn’t OAuth delegation enough? - Is this mainly for enterprise? If IT has already approved an agent for employees to use, what additional KYA/KYB problem still needs to be solved? - Can you…
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Is Show HN: Agentic Identity Broker, OAuth Delegation for AI Agents trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 7, 14:50 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Show HN: Agentic Identity Broker, OAuth Delegation for AI Agents reached?
#26 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 6, 17:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Show HN: Agentic Identity Broker, OAuth Delegation for AI Agents been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 6, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (54 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
21 points and 3 comments; submitted by jbspeakr on Nov 6, 2026.