P3 · Agent Authority Proof

Prove agent-to-agent transactions with delegation chains.

Hide the delegation relationships and transaction contents
Prove the delegation chain and the transaction's legitimacy

In an Agent2Agent (A2A) environment where autonomous AI agents transact with each other, record each agent's delegation as a chain. Lemma makes it verifiable whether the final transaction rests on a legitimate chain of delegations.

Developers · AI adoption (cross-industry) 2 min read
live in production since 2025 · Public-infrastructure PoC in production · ETHGlobal AI Agents 2026 Finalist
01 · THE PROBLEM

Three voices from the front line.

  • A2A developer

    “We want to implement delegation across multiple agents in an auditable form”

  • Protocol operations

    “We want the legitimacy of agent-to-agent transactions to be third-party verifiable”

  • Audit

    “We want accountability for AI-agent transactions kept as a chain”

02 · THE SHIFT

Hand over the source, or just the facts?

Change what reaches the AI, and the leakage risk goes with it.

Without Lemma
Hand over the original
from_agent:
A-001
to_agent:
A-002
tx:
250 USDC
purpose:
data_purchase
chain:
? (basis unknown)
↓ all of it goes to the AI / outside
With Lemma
Hand over just the facts
agent:
did:lemma:agent-A-002
delegatedBy:
did:lemma:org-acme-fin
role:
settlement_agent
chain:
[org-acme-fin → A-001 → A-002]
scope:
a2a://acme.fin/*
validUntil:
2026-12-31
ZK verified:
✓ VALID
↓ only the necessary facts to the AI

Hierarchical delegations — root org → agent → sub-agent — are each issued as a signed proof. Before a transaction, the delegation chain is verified to be in scope at runtime; if the chain is broken, the transaction does not settle. Without disclosing the delegation relationships or transaction contents, the chain can be traced from the final transaction back to its origin and its legitimacy independently verified.

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03 · HOW TO CHOOSE

Choose on three criteria.

Only work that needs all three at once — pass without exposing, independent verification, tamper-proof — is Lemma's domain.

Method Pass without exposing Independent verification Tamper-proof
Access control only
Masking / anonymization
Encryption only
Lemma (ZK proof)the only one with all 3
04 · HOW IT WORKS

What's next

We enter through delegation-chain design and a PoC, and stay alongside you through to operations.

  1. A 30-minute review — identify the agent roles and delegation patterns in your A2A transactions.
  2. Design the delegation chain — define the hierarchical authority structure (root org → agent → sub-agent).
  3. Connect to your A2A protocol — place Lemma's chain-verification layer in front of the transaction.
  4. Prove one path via a PoC — implement one type of A2A transaction in 4 weeks, confirming chain verification and out-of-scope stops.
  5. Hands-on support through operations — existing plan tiers (Civic / Critical / Compliance) serve only as a cost reference; the setup and pricing are designed together.

Tell us one theme where you want agent-to-agent transactions made auditable, in the first 30 minutes. No disclosure of the delegation relationships required.

The bigger picture

The bigger picture this use case belongs to.

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