Agent Identification

A2WF lets website operators require AI agents to identify themselves — like a name tag at a conference.

Why?

Without identification, you can’t distinguish a helpful assistant from a price scraper or spam bot.

Fields

• requireUserAgent — Descriptive User-Agent header required
• requiredFields — agentName, agentOperator, agentPurpose
• allowAnonymousAgents — If false, unidentified agents are blocked

Trusted Agents (Whitelist)

"trustedAgents": [
  { "name": "GoogleBot-AI", "operator": "Google LLC", "permissions": "extended-read" },
  { "name": "ChatGPT-Agent", "operator": "OpenAI Inc.", "permissions": "standard" }
]

Blocked Agents (Blacklist)

"blockedAgents": [
  { "pattern": "*scraper*", "reason": "Scraping not permitted." },
  { "pattern": "*training-data*", "reason": "Requires licensing agreement." }
]