Authority Governance Feature Matrix
Runtime authority, governed MCP tools, persona context, decision proof, and the integration fabric behind enterprise operators. Technical validators start here.
The Runtime Authority Layer
Five questions every governed operator needs answered before it can act.
Which identity or resource?
Semantic references with scoped disambiguation
Deep diveWhich persona and scope?
Runtime authority context, not static role sprawl
Deep diveAm I authorized to do this?
Exact product-action checks, computed with evidence
Deep diveWhich tools can I use?
Visible MCP tools generated from authority
Deep diveCan we prove it?
Catalogued decision factors plus authority context fingerprint
Deep dive49 Capabilities Across 7 Pillars
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Unlimited Hierarchical Organization
Recursive n-depth node trees. Region → Franchise → Store. Real orgs, not flat groups. |
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Zero-Ticket Provisioning Engine
Define a template once. New locations auto-provision roles, groups, permissions instantly. |
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No-Code Partner Portal
Scoped UI for non-technical managers. Provision users for their team only. |
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Single Pane Launchpad
Unified app dashboard aggregating Okta, Azure, PingOne. If you have the role, you see the button. |
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Hierarchical Help Desk
Context-aware support routing. Acquired Co users see their support info automatically. |
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Cross-Tenant Identity Orchestration
Employees in Okta manage customers in Auth0. One glass pane, multiple identity backends. |
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Configuration Inheritance
Set Once, Override Where Needed — services, support settings, and domains cascade through NodeType templates and org hierarchy. |
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Multi-Dimensional Quotas
Control capacity at every level: User/Node quotas limit team size, User/Role quotas limit role assignments. Both inherit through templates. |
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Zero-Touch Onboarding
Pre-seed users via API. When they SSO in, the system adopts them with pre-configured access. |
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Forensic Snapshot Logging
Audit survives user deletion. Name, email, context denormalized into every event. |
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Zero Dormant Accounts
Every grant accepts starts_at and expires_at. Access revokes itself automatically. |
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Single Identity, Multiple Contexts
One login, infinite personas. Switch from Store A to Store B manager instantly. |
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Business-Owned Access Control
VP of Sales owns the Salesforce role. They manage assignments without full admin rights. |
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Encrypted Data at Rest
Sensitive metadata fields encrypted in the database. Command interface for key rotation. |
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Secure Import/Export
Bulk data operations with encryption. Move data safely between environments. |
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Least Privileged Access
Engine-enforced minimal permissions. Users and agents get exactly what they need, nothing more. |
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Agent Registry
Central inventory of all AI agents with ownership, purpose, and accountability. |
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Purpose Declaration
Every agent declares authorized scope at creation. Reviewable. Auditable. |
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TTL by Default
Agents expire unless renewed. No immortal processes lurking in production. |
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Scoped Kill Switch
Revoke by owner, region, or globally. Incident response in seconds. |
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Lifecycle Audit Trail
Created → Activated → Renewed → Suspended → Terminated. Full history. |
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Ownership Accountability
Every agent has an owner. Orphaned agents are impossible by design. |
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Governed Agent Operations Pattern
An out-of-the-box authority pattern for agent fleets: default governance nodes give every agent a home, agents act under operating personas with explicit roles, and one fleet node governs review, rotation, and revocation. |
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Runtime-Scoped MCP Tools
70+ governed MCP tools exposed by active persona, scope, resources, and authority context. |
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Self-Healing Systems
Rich diagnostic logs with 6-stage failure analysis. AI reads why and self-corrects. |
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AI Context Patterns
Industry templates (Automotive, Franchise, Healthcare) that teach AI your business model. |
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Queryable AI Reasoning
Every AI decision captures: agent ID, model version, validation factors, tool chain. |
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Self-Improving AI Governance
Human corrections become DPO training pairs. Your AI learns from mistakes. |
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In-Context Learning Layer
Runtime-accessible tool guidance, AI hints, self-diagnostics, schema resources, and authority patterns. |
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Natural Language Identity References
"Sarah from Technology" resolves in one call. Scope keywords: from, in, under. |
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Agentic Guardrails
Out-of-scope entities are invisible, not just denied. Zero enumeration attacks. |
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Contextual Agent Navigation
Every response carries domain intelligence. Success paths recommend follow-up operations. Failure paths point to permission-checked recovery tools. Out-of-scope resources never appear. |
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Authority Context Fingerprints
Events capture the active persona, scope, effective authority, and visible tool universe for each governed action. |
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3-Cylinder Access Engine
Three role types: InternalRole (control plane), ResourceRole (IdP bridge), AppAccessRole (launchpad). |
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Unified Glass
Parent uses Okta, Acquired Co uses Entra ID. One hierarchy, automatic routing. |
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Blueprint-First Deployment
Deploy full architecture with service stubs. Fill in secrets later to go live. |
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Claims-Based Authorization Engine
IdP calls IdentityRM via inline hook. We inject permissions into the user's token. |
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Turnkey IdP Administration
Create APIs, Scopes, Roles inside Auth0 and PingOne automatically. |
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Embeddable Engine
Every capability as a governed MCP tool. Dashboard optional—deploy headless. |
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Identity Intelligence
Business answers, not just logs. Which franchises are growing? Is this role actually used? |
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Deep-Dive Detect & Control
Trace from high-level audit event to low-level operational log. Full decision chain. |
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Automated Certification
AI agents run compliance reports across hierarchy. Flag roles for review automatically. |
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Your MCP Tools, Our Infrastructure
Mount customer MCP tools into IdentityRM and inherit persona context, permission checks, resources, events, and proof. |
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Zero-Config Tool Security
Register a tool, get permissions auto-created. Immediately visible in admin UI. |
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Authority Pattern Corpus
10+ OOB authority patterns exposed through browse_authority_patterns with previews, comparisons, guidance, examples, schema context, and service-form inputs. |
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Authority Designer
Describe how your organization operates; the Authority Design Engine matches the closest pattern, asks only the material questions, and assembles a live, explainable model — emitted as a versioned pattern and preflighted seed, ready to apply. |
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Authority Authoring Skill for Claude Code & Codex
A packaged skill teaches Claude Code and Codex to design and validate complete authority models — hierarchy, node types, custom internal roles, agents, grants, and seeds — through the same preflight and apply gates the Authority Designer uses. Complex multi-region models have been built this way, end to end. |
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Full Decision Intelligence
Your tools get decision traces, correction tracking, correlation IDs, and authority context fingerprints. No extra code. |
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Scale with Your Ambition
Tiered access: Starter (internal permissions), Platform (10 tools), Enterprise (unlimited). |
How We Compare
Three perspectives on why IdentityRM exists.
A decade of Fortune 500 identity experience. Patent-protected. Or start from scratch.
| Factor | Roll Your Own | IdentityRM |
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| Time to production | 6-12 months | Days |
| IdP integration | Build each from scratch | Pre-built (Okta, Azure, Ping, Auth0) |
| Role governance | Design RBAC schema, build UI, handle edge cases | 3 role types + inheritance + authority gates built-in |
| Delegated admin | 30%+ of budget, years to get right—most never do | Solved—node-scoped authority, battle-tested |
| Compliance | Manual audit implementation | Event-backed authority proof |
| AI learning | None | DPO export, correction tracking |
| Maintenance | Dedicated team ongoing | Managed updates |
| Multi-tenancy | Complex to build right | Node hierarchy ready |
| Temporal access | Often forgotten | Native TTL support |
| Custom MCP tools | Build infrastructure | Mount and go |
OPA, Cerbos, Cedar—stateless authorization.
| Factor | Policy Engines | IdentityRM |
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| Identity context | None (stateless) | Full user lifecycle |
| Identity sync | Manual integration | JIT provisioning + runtime role binding |
| Role management | Not their job—you still need it somewhere | Full role lifecycle + assignment UI |
| User lifecycle | Not their concern | Complete management |
| AI-native features | None | Decision traces, learning loop, correction tracking |
| MCP integration | Build yourself | Native support |
| Audit trails | Policy decisions only | Full action audit |
| Custom tools | Not applicable | In-container platform |
Policy engines answer "is this allowed?" IdentityRM answers "who is acting, in which persona, within what scope, with which tools, and how do we prove it?"
Okta, Entra ID, Auth0—authentication specialists.
| Dimension | Traditional IdP | IdentityRM |
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| Core question | Can this user authenticate? | What authority does this identity have, and within what scope? |
| Hierarchy | Flat groups, Admin Units | Unlimited N-depth node trees |
| Delegated admin | Admin Units (flat, limited scope) | Node-scoped—unlimited depth, automatic inheritance |
| Temporal state | Current snapshot only | Full history with time-travel |
| AI readability | Chatbots/Copilots (bolted on) | 70+ governed MCP tools |
| Decision provenance | Log who did what | Log who, what, why, who approved, and what authority context existed |
| AI decision traces | Not captured | Structured factors, mode, tool chain |
| Extensibility | Marketplace apps | In-container custom tools |
IdPs authenticate. IdentityRM governs the operator at the moment of action.
At a Glance
Supported IdPs
Okta, Entra ID, Auth0, PingOne
MCP Tools
70+ governed tools
Performance
100k+ users, sub-second response
Audit Retention
Indefinite (snapshots)
API
REST + MCP native
Deployment
Docker appliance (AWS, Azure, GCP)
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