Without identity, policy, and privacy baked in, agents leak credentials, move funds unchecked, and leave zero audit trail. Every deployment is a liability. KOGENT fixes the foundation.
No Verified Identity
An agent that acts without a cryptographic identity can't be verified or held accountable. Without ERC-8004, there is no on-chain proof of who owns the agent or what it's allowed to do.
Agent sends payment → Processor sees your address and history → A permanent payment profile is built
Sensitive Data Exposure
Your agent reads emails, documents, and messages that may contain passwords, API keys, and personal data. Without redaction, there is nothing stopping secrets from reaching the model. One mistake and credentials are exposed in the context window.
Agent reads your email → Model sees "API key: sk_live_..." → Credentials exposed in the AI context window
No Proactive Action Loop
Most agents wait to be asked. They won't set an alarm because they noticed an early meeting. They won't send a message because something changed. They have context but no initiative. You still have to do the thinking.
Early meeting detected → No alarm is set → You find out at 7:05 AM
No Strict Policy Enforcement
Many agents have policy layers that are easy to bypass or simply not enough. A prompt injection or misread instruction can override any soft limit. Without strict, enforced rules, nothing stands between a bad action and real damage.
Agent misreads instruction → Sends full balance instead of $10 → No limits means catastrophic loss
No Signed Audit Trail
When an agent acts, there is no cryptographic record of what it did or why. Nothing to dispute a transaction with. Nothing to verify past behavior against. No accountability.
Agent takes action → No signed receipt is created → Nothing to dispute or verify
No Cross-Agent Trust Boundaries
When one agent calls another, there is no standard for what the sub-agent is allowed to do. It inherits context it shouldn't see, permissions it was never granted, and there is no way to scope or audit what happened inside the chain.
Agent A delegates to Agent B → Agent B gets full context → No scope boundary, no audit of the inner call
Vigil
Reads your calendar, syncs with your live mail, and takes action so your day is handled before you open your eyes.
Skill 01
Outlook & Teams calendar integration
Auto-sets and cancels wake-up alarms
Detects early meetings before you miss them
Sleep nudges based on schedule
Identity
Real identity. Cryptographic proof of ownership. Works across every app.
Skill 02
ETH key pair generation
EIP‑191 signed ownership proofs
Anti‑sybil identity constraints
Portable across OpenClaw apps
Rules
Constrain what agents can do before any high-risk action reaches execution.
Skill 03
Spend limits & quiet hours
Domain allow/deny lists
Enforced before every action
Per‑skill policy config
Reputation
Portable reputation built from signed local logs. Cross-app and verifiable.
Skill 04
Signed local event log
Portable reputation score
Cross‑app history
You control your data
Verification
Signed receipts and tamper-evident logs for every agent action. Fully auditable.
Skill 05
Signed receipts for every action
Tamper‑evident audit trail
Replay‑attack resistance
Local + exportable logs
Specter
Zero-knowledge payment commitments with policy checks before funds move.
Skill 06
ETH‑signed payment authorization
ZK commitment hides exact amount from processor
Range proof: amount ≤ limit, without revealing value
Rules enforced before every commitment is generated
Sieve
Strips sensitive data before the model ever sees it. Restores real values in output. Fully local, always.
Skill 07
Multi-tier PII detection across Presidio, spaCy, and regex
Full coverage across keys, emails, phone numbers, and beyond
Token mapping and output rehydration
Runs fully local, zero data leaves
How It Works
Every action is checked, constrained, executed, and signed. In that order, every time.
Step 01
1. Identity
ERC-8004 registration, ownership proof, portable metadata. Your agent has a verifiable on-chain identity before it ever takes an action.
Spend caps, permission checks, quiet hours, and manual approval gates. Defined by you. Enforced before every action runs.
Output: policy rules enforced before every action.
Step 03
3. Execution
Skills run — Vigil reads your calendar, Specter authorizes payments privately, Sieve strips sensitive data — all on-device with output filtering before any response leaves.
Output: skills execute locally, output filtered before send.
Step 04
4. Verification
Every action produces a signed receipt and an entry in the tamper-evident log. Signed receipts. Nothing unverified leaves.
Output: signed receipt + audit log entry, every time.
The Three‑Pillar Stack
ERC‑8004 trustless agent identity, ZK private payments, and local-first execution. The foundation for safe real-world agent deployment.
Agent Identity Standard
ERC-8004
On-chain trustless agent registry. Register, delegate, verify, and revoke agent identities without any intermediary. Anchors KOGENT agents to Ethereum.
trustlesson-chaindelegation
Private Payments
ZK Commitments
Pedersen-style commitments hide the exact payment amount from the processor. Range proofs confirm amount ≤ policy limit without revealing the value.
hidingrange proofno balance leak
Identity Standard
EIP-191 Signing
Cryptographic ownership proofs using standard Ethereum message signing. Portable identity across all OpenClaw apps, verifiable by anyone.
attestationportability
Privacy Model
Local Execution
Every skill runs on your machine. No data leaves your device. PII redaction, ZK commitments, and rules enforcement are all on-device.
on-devicezero data egress
Policy Engine
Policy Enforcement
Every agent action is checked against your rules before it executes. Spend limits, domain restrictions, and quiet hours enforced at the runtime level, not the app level.
runtime rulespre-executionenforced
Privacy Protection
Sensitive Data Redaction
Three-tier detection removes personal details before AI sees your data: names, emails, API keys, addresses. 13+ entity types, token-mapped and restored after. All local.
13+ entity typesrestored afterfully local
Deploy Agents You Can Trust
KOGENT is the infrastructure layer agents have been missing. Identity, policy, and privacy, built in from the start.