Which is better for controlling an AI agent, an identity provider or Proofable?
An identity provider is better if the only question you must answer is who an agent is. Proofable is better if you must also answer what that agent is allowed to do right now, and keep a record another system can check.It depends
Use your identity provider alone when every agent acts on behalf of a signed-in person, the provider already issues those tokens, and you do not need to bound or record the action. Use Proofable when an agent acts on its own schedule, when the permission has to be checked at the moment of the call rather than at sign-in, or when a third party must be able to confirm the decision afterwards. Many teams run both: the provider answers who signed in, and Proofable answers whether this specific action may run. One is not a replacement for the other.What each one answers
Where the check happens
A provider decision is made when a session or token is issued. An action runs later, often from a schedule, and the permission may have changed in between. Proofable checks at the moment of the action, so a revoked or expired permission stops the next call even though the session is still valid.Running both
You do not have to choose. Keep the provider for sign-in, and add Proofable for the authority decision:- Add Proofable to your assistant or app.
- Give the agent limits: allowed actions, denied actions, spend cap, expiry.
- Check before the tool call and stop when the decision is not allowed.
Next
Control agent actions
Set the limits an agent runs under.
First guarded action
Run one allow or deny decision end to end.
Agent identity
Give each agent an owner you can check.
Standards
Where Proofable sits beside existing standards.