Mandact — The Trust Layer of the Agent Economy

Trust architecture

Trust anchors

Mandact decides whether an agent may act. The legal effect of that decision comes from outside — from qualified trust services. This page shows what is connected today.

0 of 5 anchors are configured in this environment. The status comes from the running configuration, not from a marketing list.

  • Temporal attestation by a TSA

    awaiting onboarding

    RFC 3161

    An accredited authority would attest that a hash existed at a particular point in time. Mandact has built the adapter for it and would submit the root hash of the evidence chain — the connection itself is still outstanding.

    Provided by: Accredited time-stamping authority (TSA)

  • Organisational seal

    awaiting onboarding

    eIDAS / ZertES

    Binds a proof to a legal person. «Some system wrote this» becomes «this organisation stands behind it».

    Provided by: Qualified trust service provider (QTSP)

  • Qualified identity

    awaiting onboarding

    eIDAS / ZertES

    Anchors the principal. Not «someone with this email address», but a verified person authorised to sign.

    Provided by: Identity service with an ident procedure

  • Qualified signature

    awaiting onboarding

    QES

    For actions with legal effect: the human confirms the hash of the specific transaction, not an abstract request.

    Provided by: QTSP with a step-up procedure

  • External key custody

    awaiting onboarding

    Provider-specific

    Today agent keys sit encrypted in the database (AES-256-GCM). External custody at a trust service would put that key beyond Mandact's reach.

    Provided by: Trust service offering custody

The reserved seat

The table credential_providers ships empty. Without an approved provider no mandate can become active — that is not a setting but a database condition.

That is why Mandact does not sign for itself. Many parties can sign; the authorisation layer above it is what Mandact contributes. That separation is deliberate.

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