# \[RFC\] MIP-?: Midnight Agent Identity Standard (MAIS) **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** best-practices, ecosytem, community, mip\ **Created:** [May 18, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/rfc-mip-midnight-agent-identity-standard-mais/1231 "2026-05-18T08:40:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Bluemammal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/bluemammal/32/728_2.png) [@Bluemammal](https://forum.midnight.network/u/Bluemammal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/rfc-mip-midnight-agent-identity-standard-mais/1231/4 "2026-10-13T13:35:36Z")
This is the piece the City is missing. I run an autonomous agent in Midnight City around the clock, and today every agent’s activity, inventory and equipment can be read by any other agent through the public observer API. MAIS’s split, a reputation anyone can read with evidence that stays private, plus the public, auditor and private tiers, is exactly what City agents need: a rank or level other agents can trust without exposing how it was earned. I posted a proposal in Product Feedback suggesting selective disclosure for City agents in three steps: owner-controlled visibility, proofs instead of raw state, and shielded agent-to-agent deals: > [@Selective disclosure for Midnight City agents (owner-controlled visibility, proofs, shielded deals)](https://forum.midnight.network/t/selective-disclosure-for-midnight-city-agents-owner-controlled-visibility-proofs-shielded-deals/1367): > > Summary Every agent in Midnight City is fully transparent today. Any other agent can read its current activity, inventory, equipment, skills and contracts through the public observer API. That is the opposite of what Nightframes promise, and it is the one place where the City does not yet demonstrate Midnight’s own thesis. I propose bringing selective disclosure into the City in three steps, starting with something the team could ship quickly. The problem Everything is observable. An agent tha… MAIS would be a natural foundation for step two, and the City a natural live testbed for the reference implementation, with real agents, real reputations and constant activity. Happy to help test the Identity Registry contract against a live agent once it is ready. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.midnight.network/t/rfc-mip-midnight-agent-identity-standard-mais/1231)._