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authyouragent (Python)

SDK for Auth Your Agent: let AI agents act for a person on websites, with the person's approval on their phone.

  • AgentClient: an agent asks for access, then calls sites with a short-lived pass and a fresh DPoP proof (RFC 9449) on every request.
  • SiteVerifier: a website checks each call in one line.
  • Browser vault: the agent's browser runs in a container it cannot read into. When a site asks for a password, a CAPTCHA or 2FA, the owner takes over from their phone; clicks that commit something wait for the owner's approval.

Python 3.9+. Depends on httpx, pyjwt, cryptography.

Full documentation: https://authyouragent.com/docs/developers/quickstart

Install

You need Python 3.9+ and Docker.

pip install "authyouragent[mcp]"
authyouragent vault up --agent-id ag_xxxxx --key /path/to/agent-key.pem

vault up starts the browser vault: the browser your agent uses, in a container on your machine. The agent drives it through the vault and never gets its cookies. It prints the env block for your MCP client. If you skip it, the MCP server starts the vault itself the first time the agent needs the browser (AYA_VAULT_AUTOSTART=0 turns that off). See vault/README.md for what protects what, and the known limits.

For just the SDK (no browser, no MCP): pip install authyouragent.

MCP server

The authyouragent-mcp command starts an MCP server with eleven tools:

  • Browser: navigate, click, type_text, read_page. Only public websites open. Clicks that submit a form, or whose button says create, send, save, delete, pay and the like, wait for your approval on your phone.
  • check_login_wall: is the page asking for a password, a code or a sign-in approval?
  • request_takeover / wait_for_takeover: you take over the browser from your phone. The agent is disconnected until you finish, and the vault hands back by itself once you have signed in.
  • request_approval: ask you to approve an action the vault cannot see.
  • end_session: sign out of every site used, then destroy the browser profile. Always called at the end.
  • check_agent_status: is the agent still authorized? You can revoke it at any time.
  • report_site: report a site where take over did not work.

Configuration

AYA_AGENT_ID=ag_xxxxx
AYA_KEY_FILE=/path/to/agent-key.pem
AYA_VAULT_URL=http://127.0.0.1:7801
AYA_VAULT_TOKEN_FILE=~/.authyouragent/vault/token

Hermes

mcp:
  authyouragent:
    enabled: true
    command: authyouragent-mcp
    env:
      AYA_AGENT_ID: "ag_xxxxx"
      AYA_KEY_FILE: "/path/to/agent-key.pem"
      AYA_VAULT_URL: "http://127.0.0.1:7801"
      AYA_VAULT_TOKEN_FILE: "~/.authyouragent/vault/token"

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json. Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "authyouragent": {
      "command": "authyouragent-mcp",
      "env": {
        "AYA_AGENT_ID": "ag_xxxxx",
        "AYA_KEY_FILE": "/path/to/agent-key.pem",
        "AYA_VAULT_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:7801",
        "AYA_VAULT_TOKEN_FILE": "~/.authyouragent/vault/token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Agent

python -m authyouragent keygen --name "Job-search assistant"

Register the printed jwk in the app (Agents -> Add an agent). Keep privkey_pem on the agent's machine.

from authyouragent import AgentClient

agent = AgentClient(base_url="https://authyouragent.com", agent_id="ag_…",
                    privkey_pem=open("agent-key.pem").read())
agent.ensure_grant("jobs.example.com", scopes=["list", "apply"])   # phone approval
r = agent.request("GET", "https://jobs.example.com/api/jobs")
r = agent.request("POST", "https://jobs.example.com/api/jobs/j1/apply", stepup_action="apply")

Site

from authyouragent import SiteVerifier, AuthError

verifier = SiteVerifier("https://authyouragent.com", expected_audience="jobs.example.com",
                        public_base_url="https://jobs.example.com")

@app.get("/api/jobs")
def jobs(request: Request):
    try:
        auth = verifier.verify(request)
    except AuthError as e:
        raise HTTPException(401, {"error": e.error})
    ...

See examples/ for a complete agent and a complete FastAPI site.

Licence

MIT

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