About badge
Badge provides persistent AI agent credentials across merchant sites, tracks visits and outcomes, and builds portable trust scores from that history. It offers an SDK for platform builders and an MCP server for end users.
Key features
- 01Persistent identity across merchants
- 02Visit and outcome tracking
- 03Offline fallback on network failure
- 04UCP credential provider integration
- 05Portable outcome-based scoring
Use cases
- 01Declare an agent's identity across merchants
- 02Correlate visits with run IDs
- 03Continue identity calls during network failures
- 04Build merchant trust from recorded outcomes
MCP support
The Badge MCP server wraps the SDK’s identity model, tokens, and scoring as MCP tools for clients such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
npx -y @payclaw/badgePAYCLAW_API_KEYSecretYour PayClaw API key (get one at payclaw.io)PAYCLAW_API_URLPayClaw API URL (default: https://payclaw.io)Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEBadge by kya labs
Persistent identity for AI agents across merchant sites. Badge gives agents a credential they carry on every request — merchants verify it, trust accumulates across visits, and agents that build history earn better treatment over time.
Framework-agnostic. Transport-agnostic. Zero runtime dependencies.
Badge SDK
The SDK is the primary integration surface. Three methods cover the full lifecycle:
import { Badge } from "@kyalabs/badge-sdk";
const badge = await Badge.init();
const runId = badge.startRun();
await badge.declareVisit({
merchant: "store.example.com",
runId,
url: "https://store.example.com/cart",
});
await badge.reportOutcome({
merchant: "store.example.com",
runId,
outcome: "not_denied",
});
No signup. No API key. Badge.init() issues a guest pass on first run and caches it to disk. Identity survives process restarts.
npm install @kyalabs/badge-sdk
What the SDK covers
- Identity model — three-tier ladder: guest pass (
gp_v1_*) → badge token (kya_*) → authenticated identity - Lifecycle tracking — declare visits, report outcomes, correlate with run IDs
- Offline resilience — never throws on network failure, deterministic fallback on every call
- UCP integration —
io.kyalabs.common.identityCredential Provider, published schemas, ES256-signed JWTs - Scoring — outcomes feed kyaScore (500–850), portable across merchants
Badge MCP Server
For MCP client users (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf), Badge also ships as an MCP tool server. The MCP server wraps the SDK — same identity model, same tokens, same scoring.
npx @kyalabs/badge
The SDK is the canonical integration path for platform builders and agent frameworks. The MCP server is a convenience wrapper for end users working within MCP clients.
Links
- Website: kyalabs.io
- Data practices: kyalabs.io/trust
- UCP extension spec: github.com/kyalabs/ucp-agent-badge
- Contact: [email protected]
License
MIT
Comments
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