The Security Layer AI Agents Actually Need
AI agents are making real decisions — calling APIs, moving money, filing compliance reports. Most of them run with a static API key that never expires and has no scope limits. Caracal is the open-source system built to fix this: pre-execution authority enforcement, short-lived tokens, real-time revocation, and a tamper-proof audit trail built on Merkle trees. Here is a deep technical look at how it works.