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78 lines
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# Execution Context Tokens for Distributed Agentic Workflows
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This repository contains **draft-nennemann-wimse-execution-context-00**, an IETF Internet-Draft proposing Execution Context Tokens (ECTs) as an extension to the [WIMSE](https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/wimse/about/) (Workload Identity in Multi System Environments) architecture.
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## What are ECTs?
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ECTs are signed JWT tokens that record **what** agents did, **in what order**, and **under what policy** -- complementing WIMSE's existing answer to **who** an agent is.
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They provide:
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- **DAG-structured execution proofs** -- task dependencies form a directed acyclic graph with cryptographic ordering guarantees
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- **Policy checkpoint recording** -- each decision point records which policy was evaluated and the outcome
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- **Immutable audit trails** -- ECTs are appended to a storage-agnostic audit ledger
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- **WIMSE integration** -- same signing keys, algorithms, and SPIFFE-based identifiers as WIT/WPT
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Target environments include medtech (FDA audit trails), finance (transaction record-keeping), logistics, and other regulated agentic systems.
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## Repository contents
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| File | Description |
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| `draft-nennemann-wimse-execution-context-00.md` | The Internet-Draft in kramdown-rfc markdown format |
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| `master-prompt.md` | Design rationale, iteration plan, and reference material |
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## Building the draft
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The draft is authored in [kramdown-rfc](https://github.com/cabo/kramdown-rfc) markdown and compiled via the standard IETF toolchain.
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### Prerequisites
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```bash
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# Ruby (kramdown-rfc is a Ruby gem)
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# On macOS with Homebrew:
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brew install ruby
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# kramdown-rfc
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gem install kramdown-rfc
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# xml2rfc (Python tool for rendering)
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pip install xml2rfc
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```
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### Compile
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```bash
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# One-step build (markdown -> XML -> text + HTML)
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kdrfc draft-nennemann-wimse-execution-context-00.md
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# Or step by step:
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kramdown-rfc2629 draft-nennemann-wimse-execution-context-00.md \
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> draft-nennemann-wimse-execution-context-00.xml
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xml2rfc draft-nennemann-wimse-execution-context-00.xml --text
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xml2rfc draft-nennemann-wimse-execution-context-00.xml --html
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```
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### Output files
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After building, you will have:
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- `draft-nennemann-wimse-execution-context-00.xml` -- canonical XML (for IETF datatracker submission)
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- `draft-nennemann-wimse-execution-context-00.txt` -- plain text rendering
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- `draft-nennemann-wimse-execution-context-00.html` -- HTML rendering
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## Submitting to the IETF
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Upload the generated `.xml` file at https://datatracker.ietf.org/submit/
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## Author
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Christian Nennemann
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Independent Researcher
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ietf@nennemann.de
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## License
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This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79.
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