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Readiness verdict

Mastercard Verifiable Intent

A dated reading of what is claimed, reported, and independently verified in the current evidence.

As of
2026-08-20
Revision
1
Method
v1.3.0

Current reading

Readiness band and full integer triple

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

Readiness band

Watch

Primary summary from verified readiness

Confidence
78% · stale
Computed at
2026-08-20T10:51:56.311605+00:00
Claimed
62

Public ambition and stated capability

Reported
52

Observed practitioner reporting

Verified
42

Independently supported evidence

Gap
+20

Claimed leads verified

Evidence strength Critical

Decision

What the current evidence supports

Human editorial judgment · 2026-08-20

Track; not yet

Why
It directly targets our exact problem (machine-checkable proof of user intent for agent purchases), is Apache-2.0 open source on standards we already use (FIDO/EMVCo/IETF/W3C, SD-JWT/JWS/JWK/RFC 7800), and now anchors a GA Mastercard product (Agent Pay for Machines) — but it is Draft v0.1 with non-trivial verifier-side work, so design against it now rather than depend on it.
Next
Pull the open-source spec from github.com/agent-intent/verifiable-intent (Apache 2.0, Draft v0.1), map its SD-JWT three-layer delegation chain + eight constraint types against our existing AP2/ACP mandate model (Rule #12 protocol_type/JSONB), and prototype a verifier against our crypto layer behind a flag — do NOT touch Rule #29 protected components.

Constraints

Blockers

No named blocker is present in the current public projection.

Evidence summary

Derived counts

AI-assisted assembly

Total
14
Tier 1
2
Tier 2
10
Tier 3
2
Supports
6
Contradicts
4
Context
4
Latest observed
2026-06-24

Counts and dates only. Raw signals, private excerpts, trust records, and internal corpus material are not published here.

Publication record

Revisions

Initial public reading

  1. 2026-07-19 Reading moved from watch to watch.

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