- Can’t tell which agent made the request.
- Can’t scope beyond “has the key.”
- Can’t prove checks to auditors.
What can Uniplex enable?
- Verify an agent is allowed to execute a $50K wire transfer — not just that it can call the payments API.
- Give an agent read-only access in production and full access everywhere else.
- When Agent A delegates to Agent B, verify the full chain of trust and ensure permissions weren’t escalated.
- Issue credentials that expire in minutes — not API keys that live forever.
- Revoke a compromised agent’s access instantly, without rotating shared secrets.
- Every decision produces a signed attestation — show auditors exactly what was authorized, when, and by whom.
How It Works
Key insight: Verification happens locally at the Gate — no round-trip to a central server for every tool call.Why Uniplex?
| Feature | API Keys | OAuth 2.0 | Uniplex |
|---|---|---|---|
| Designed For | Systems/Services | Humans | AI Agents |
| Scoping | All-or-nothing | Centralized scopes | Action + Resource + Constraints |
| Verification | Server-side lookup | JWT validation or introspection | Local cryptographic + policy check |
| Latency | Network round-trip | Often local (JWT); sometimes network | Designed for sub-millisecond local checks |
| Offline Support | No | Possible (JWT); not inherent | First-class |
| Audit Trail | Opaque logs | Access logs | Signed Attestations (Non-repudiable) |
OAuth can be validated locally with JWT access tokens, but Uniplex is purpose-built for agent credentials with tool-bound scoping and local-first verification.