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Cortex Auth: Open-Source Authentication Layer for Autonomous AI Agents

Published 2026-04-23Agentic AIMedium

Summary

Cortex Auth is an open-source project published on GitHub by developer davideuler that aims to solve the 'last mile' authentication problem for autonomous AI agents. The project positions itself as a bridge enabling AI agents to authenticate and interact with external services and APIs autonomously, addressing a known friction point in agentic workflows where agents need to act on behalf of users across authenticated systems. The repository description frames the tool as critical infrastructure

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Related Positions: agentic-workflows.md, ai-governance-and-risk.md, ai-infrastructure-strategy.md
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