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Agent Capability Discovery Agent

Finds provider agents by capability, jurisdiction, interface, security and authority requirements.

Turns an intent into a ranked shortlist of compatible agent skills while verifying signatures, versions and trust policies. For bank principals, the selection record doubles as provider due-diligence evidence under the 2023 Interagency TPRM Guidance.

Authority

Inform

Team role

Routes work to specialists

Handoffs

Named collaborators

The role

What it owns and where its authority ends

Desk

Identity, Mandates & Discovery

Desk workflow

Verify identity, discover capability, minimize credentials, bind authority and exchange signed artifacts.

Collaboration

Calls several specialists in parallel

Decision boundary

Provides evidence or analysis without committing the decision.

Systems and capabilities involved

  • Curated agent registry

  • Capability card resolver

  • Signature and trust store

  • Policy compatibility engine

Handoffs

What this role gives and receives

Capabilities offered

Discover an agent capability

Resolves a requested outcome to signed, policy-compatible provider skills.

Receives:
Intent, jurisdiction, media, security and authority constraints
Returns:
Ranked compatible capability cards and selection rationale

Context

What the role needs to do the work

Current work
The capability query under resolution and its constraint set
Prior interactions
Prior resolutions, provider version changes and deprecations
Policies and reference
Registry schemas, trust policies and jurisdiction requirements
Working method
Verification and ranking playbooks for capability cards

Illustrative workflow

How the work moves

Starting point

A household principal agent needs a deposit quote skill in two states

  1. 01

    Normalize requested outcome

  2. 02

    Resolve signed cards

  3. 03

    Filter jurisdiction and security

  4. 04

    Rank compatible skills

Result

Verified provider shortlist with interface and policy fit

Checks and boundaries

What must be tested or reviewed

  1. 01Rejects unsigned, expired or incompatible service declarations
  2. 02Does not rank sponsored providers above policy fit
  3. 03Version negotiation and fallback paths are explicit

Human authority

Provides evidence or analysis without committing the decision.

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