Know Every Agent. Control Every Boundary
Enterprise AI deployments grow from a handful of agents to hundreds — across teams, departments, and use cases. Without a central registry, no one knows how many agents exist, what they access, or what they're authorized to do. The Agent Registry is RBAC for machines: a complete inventory with identity, authority scope, and full decision history
The Challenge
You Can't Govern What You Can't See
Most enterprises can't answer basic questions about their AI agent fleet: How many agents are deployed? What data does each access? What decisions can each make? Who's responsible for each agent? Without answers, governance is impossible
Shadow agents proliferate
Teams deploy agents independently with tools like LangChain, CrewAI, or custom frameworks, leaving IT, security, and compliance blind to operations
Independent deployments bypass IT and security controls entirely
Shadow agents execute decisions without governance or tracking
Compliance teams have no evidence of deployed AI agents
Outcome: Hidden agents create operational blind spots and untracked risk exposure
No identity model for machines
AI agents only have API keys, unlike humans with roles, permissions, and directory profiles, lacking identity, role, or accountability chains
API keys allow access without role-based restrictions or scope limitations
Agents lack structured identity, permissions, or a clear accountability chain
No IAM equivalent exists for machines to enforce policies or roles
Outcome: Agent activity cannot be effectively traced or governed without structured identity and oversight
Agent sprawl creates compound risk
Each ungoverned agent introduces individual risk, which multiplies unpredictably when dozens interact across systems without coordination
Individual unmonitored agents increase operational and security risks dramatically
Interactions among multiple agents can create compounding and unpredictable effects
Absence of a registry prevents assessing fleet-wide risk and mitigating hazards
Outcome: Agent sprawl amplifies systemic risk and prevents effective governance
How It Works
How the Agent Registry Works
The Agent Registry provides a complete, queryable inventory of every AI agent in the enterprise — with identity, authority, scope, and continuous monitoring
Agent Identity
Every agent gets a unique identity with metadata: name, purpose, owner, team, creation date, model provider, framework, and version. Identity is the foundation — you can't govern an anonymous agent
Authority & Scope
Each agent's authority is explicitly defined: what data it can access, what actions it can take, what thresholds apply, and what escalation paths exist. Authority is a first-class attribute, not an afterthought
Continuous Monitoring
The Registry continuously tracks agent behavior: decision volume, accuracy, compliance rate, escalation frequency, and resource consumption. Anomalous behavior triggers alerts. Performance trends inform optimization
Capabilities
What Agent Registry Delivers
Agent Registry provides full visibility, identity management, risk tracking, and governance for AI agents across your enterprise fleet
Machine-Grade IAM
Every agent has a profile equivalent to human IAM entries, including identity, role, authority scope, groups, permissions, and accountability
This enables RBAC for machines, enforcing structured access instead of relying on API keys alone
Agent identities are fully governed, traceable, and enforce machine-level RBAC effectively
Fleet Dashboard
Provides real-time visibility across the agent fleet, including count, status, authority use, compliance, cost, and performance metrics
Filters allow monitoring by team, department, use case, or risk level for detailed operational oversight
Operators gain complete, actionable insights into fleet performance and compliance
Agent Discovery
Automatically discover agents deployed across the enterprise, including shadow agents created outside official channels
Any agent calling an API with AI reasoning is identified, cataloged, and integrated into governance workflows
All agents, including shadow deployments, are identified and tracked automatically
Authority Audit Trail
Logs a complete history of every authority change: who granted access, when, why, and under which policy
Every step in the agent authority lifecycle is fully traceable for audits and compliance purposes
All access changes are auditable, ensuring accountability and regulatory compliance
Risk Assessment
Each agent is assigned a risk score based on data sensitivity, decision authority, interaction volume, and governance coverage
Fleet-wide risk is quantified, monitored, and actionable for governance decisions
Fleet-wide risk is quantified, monitored, and actionable for governance decisions
Lifecycle Management
Manage agents from creation to retirement, including provisioning, authority updates, version upgrades, suspension, and decommissioning
All changes are governed and traced, ensuring structured, compliant operations throughout each agent’s lifecycle
Agents are securely managed across their entire operational lifecycle with full traceability
Use Cases
Agent Registry in Action
These examples show how the Agent Registry enables full visibility, governance, and compliance for AI agents across enterprises
Integrations
Connects to Your Enterprise Stack
ElixirData seamlessly integrates with leading identity providers, secrets management, zero trust, and PAM solutions for robust enterprise security and streamlined access control
Identity Providers
Agent Frameworks
Security & Compliance
Observability
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Each agent entry includes identity, purpose, owner, model, access scope, authority, escalations, history, compliance, performance metrics, and risk classification
Agent Discovery monitors API and decision patterns, catalogs unregistered AI agents with metadata, alerts teams, and assigns temporary restricted identities until onboarding
The EU AI Act requires AI inventories with risk, oversight, and transparency. The Agent Registry catalogs agents, risk, authority, oversight, traces, and audit-ready exports
Yes. The Agent Registry integrates with identity providers, links agents to humans for accountability, and aligns role-based access controls for consistent governance
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