ServiceNow AI Passport: runtime credentials for agents and MCP servers
At a glance
ServiceNow announced AI Passport (Oct 15): cryptographically signed runtime credentials that authorize what first- and third-party AI agents and MCP servers may do in multi-agent workflows, with graduated restrict/redirect/kill-switch enforcement and NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform as launch partner—expected Q4 2026 with shadow AI detection and AI Cost Management. This workflow is listed under agent-governance, MCP, enterprise, runtime-auth, NVIDIA.
Agents / tools
ServiceNow AI Passport, Super Intelligence Control Tower, NVIDIA OpenShell, MCP
MCP gateway is GA in Red Hat Connectivity Link 1.5 with tenant isolation, progressive tool discovery (discover_tools/select_tools), 2026-07-28 stateless HTTP support, NeMo guardrails on tools/call, audit logs, and Prometheus broker metrics so enterprise agents route governed MCP traffic on OpenShift.
Red Hat MCP GatewayRed Hat Connectivity LinkOpenShift+2
Agentic Reliability Center GA gives one metered telemetry+LLM door, shared operational memory, and human-in-the-loop policy gates; new MCP lets Claude Code/Cursor/Codex investigate incidents from the IDE while inheriting audit trails and approval gates.
Standalone Avior on the SolarWinds Platform lets IT teams define measurable goals, coordinate specialized agents across hybrid estates, and act under risk-tiered autonomy (dangerous steps need human approval) with audit trails, rollback, data masking, least-privilege tools, and MCP to third-party systems—available via guided onboarding from Oct 14, 2026.