nais-sdk 1.0.1

Python SDK for the Network Agent Identity Standard (NAIS). Resolve, validate, and verify the signatures of NAIS-compliant agent cards.

nais-sdk

Python SDK for the Network Agent Identity Standard (NAIS).

Resolve and validate NAIS-compliant agent domains. Requires Python 3.8+ and depends on dnspython (DNS lookups) and cryptography (Ed25519 signature verification; PyNaCl is also supported). pip install nais-sdk pulls both. The SDK resolves directly: it reads the _agent.<domain> DNS TXT record, fetches the signed card over HTTPS (HTTPS-only, no cross-host redirects, 1 MiB cap), and verifies the card's mandatory Ed25519 signature against the DNS k= key. Server-side only — browsers cannot perform DNS lookups.

Installation

pip install nais-sdk

Usage

resolve(domain)

Resolves a domain directly via DNS and HTTPS and returns a structured result dictionary:

• ok — overall success flag.
• domain — the normalized domain.
• agent_host — the host serving the card.
• dns — {records, parsed}, where parsed exposes v, manifest, and k.
• manifest_url — the URL the card was fetched from.
• card — the decoded agent.json.
• signature — {present, verified, kid, alg, reason}.
• validation — {valid, errors, warnings}.

from nais_sdk import resolve

r = resolve("weatheragent.nais.id")
if r["signature"]["verified"]:
    print(r["card"]["mcp"])
# https://weatheragent.nais.id/mcp

print(r["dns"]["parsed"]["k"])
# ed25519:oc5a92N1h1Vg9PlnM8CrB0MAw3mMddFhZTrVuMkzceQ

resolve() raises on an invalid domain, when no NAIS TXT record is found, or when the card fetch fails. It does not raise on a bad signature — that surfaces as signature["verified"] is False and validation["valid"] is False.

validate(domain)

Returns a flattened summary dictionary. Best for quick validation checks before using an agent.

from nais_sdk import validate

summary = validate("weatheragent.nais.id")
print(summary)

Example output:

{
    "valid": True,
    "domain": "weatheragent.nais.id",
    "version": "nais1",
    "manifest_url": "https://weatheragent.nais.id/.well-known/agent.json",
    "mcp_endpoint": "https://weatheragent.nais.id/mcp",
    "has_mcp": True,
    "has_card": True,
    "signature_verified": True,
    "signature_reason": None,
    "key": "ed25519:oc5a92N1h1Vg9PlnM8CrB0MAw3mMddFhZTrVuMkzceQ",
    "kid": "ed25519:oc5a92N1h1Vg9PlnM8CrB0MAw3mMddFhZTrVuMkzceQ",
    "auth": ["wallet"],
    "payments": ["x402"],
    "pay_to": ["0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b8D4C9B7F1A2e3d4E5"],
    "tags": ["forecast", "current_weather", "alerts"],
    "linked_agents": [
        {"domain": "alerts.weatheragent.nais.id", "relation": "partner", "verified": True, "name": "Severe Weather Alerts"}
    ],
    "warnings": [],
    "errors": []
}

valid is True only when the card resolved, the schema validates, and the signature verifies.

from nais_sdk import validate

summary = validate("weatheragent.nais.id")
if summary["signature_verified"]:
    print(summary["tags"])    # ['forecast', 'current_weather', 'alerts']
    print(summary["pay_to"])  # pay_to only populated for verified cards

verify_card / canonicalize

The SDK also exports verify_card(card, dns_key) and canonicalize(value) for verifying a card you already hold against a DNS k= key. It also exports parse_nais_txt and normalize_domain.

from nais_sdk import verify_card, canonicalize

result = verify_card(card, "ed25519:oc5a92N1h1Vg9PlnM8CrB0MAw3mMddFhZTrVuMkzceQ")
print(result["verified"], result["reason"])

Error handling

from nais_sdk import resolve, ResolutionError

try:
    result = resolve("not-a-real-agent.example.com")
except ResolutionError as e:
    print(f"Failed to resolve {e.domain}: {e}")

Timeout

Both resolve() and validate() accept an optional timeout argument (default: 10 seconds):

result = resolve("weatheragent.nais.id", timeout=5)

Testing without DNS or network

resolve() and validate() accept injected lookup_txt and fetch_card callables as keyword arguments, so resolution can be tested offline:

result = resolve(
    "weatheragent.nais.id",
    lookup_txt=lambda name: ["v=nais1; manifest=https://weatheragent.nais.id/.well-known/agent.json; k=ed25519:..."],
    fetch_card=lambda url: {...},  # decoded agent.json
)

Notes

• Requires Python 3.8+. Depends on dnspython (DNS) and cryptography (signatures; PyNaCl also supported); pip install nais-sdk installs both.
• Resolution is performed locally and directly: DNS TXT lookup, HTTPS card fetch, and Ed25519 signature verification all happen in-process. There is no central resolver.
• The card fetch is HTTPS-only, refuses cross-host redirects, and caps responses at 1 MiB.
• Server-side only: browsers cannot perform DNS lookups.

License

MIT