SAFR whitepaperp. 10
Mandate
A machine-readable delegation of authority from a user to an agent, defining what it may do and within what limits.
Mandates
Delegated authority, capability-based security, AP2-style mandates
Glossary
Resources
IMFAcademicCited in SAFR
How agentic AI will reshape payments
A three-layer model for agentic payments that identifies control and authorisation as the critical governance point.
arXivAcademicCited in SAFR
Compliance-aware agentic payments on stablecoin rails
Mandate-based authorisation with cryptographic signatures, enforced at machine speed.
IETFStandardsCited in SAFR
The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework (RFC 6749)
Delegated authorisation, the lineage behind SAFR's mandate concept.
Communications of the ACMAcademicCited in SAFR
Programming semantics for multiprogrammed computations
The origin of capability-based security, which the mandate concept draws on.
GoogleVendor materialCited in SAFR
Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)
Cryptographically signed mandates for agent spending authority. A concrete example of SAFR-style mandates.