What agentic SSO means for AI actions.
Agentic SSO is authorization for AI agents. It answers a basic question: what is this AI allowed to do for this user, in this app, right now?
Definition: Agentic SSO issues scoped, revocable permissions to AI clients so they can call approved app tools without receiving broad account credentials.
Why normal login is not enough
Human login proves who a person is. AI action needs a second layer: what the agent is allowed to do. A user might allow an AI to search hotels but not create reservations. They might allow read access to a design file but not edit access.
What a visa is
In GEOstack, a visa is a scoped authorization for AI action. It can be tied to a workspace, app, scope, AI client, and user. It can expire, refresh, and be revoked.
What good agentic SSO needs
- Explicit user consent.
- Small scopes instead of broad access.
- Revocation from a user workspace.
- Audit logs for every tool call.
- Clear separation between read-only and write actions.
The GEOstack view
AI apps will only be trusted if users can see and control what the AI is allowed to touch. Agentic SSO is the permission layer for that future.