A new update brings AI agents to Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing agents to work with selected blockchain-related tasks while keeping signing authority with people.
The new Agents feature allows users to register agents with scoped permissions. Depending on the permissions granted, an agent can either read information or carry out actions such as creating records.
Agents can pull contracts and drafts, as well as flag upcoming renewals. The permissions are designed to limit what an agent can do, with signing transactions remaining outside the agent’s authority.
That distinction is central to the update. While agents can access and work with authorised information, the final act of signing stays under human control.
The system also includes attribution and VetKeys throughout, providing a way to track agent activity while using ICP’s privacy-oriented key management technology.
The feature is now available through the Agents tab, giving users a direct way to register and manage agents based on the level of access they require.
The approach reflects a growing effort to make AI agents useful for routine digital tasks without handing them unrestricted control over sensitive operations. Rather than allowing an agent to act independently across an account, users can define what an agent is permitted to read or create.
For businesses and developers, this could make agents useful for monitoring contracts, managing drafts and identifying approaching renewals, while retaining a human checkpoint for actions that require authorisation.
The update is built on ICP MCP, linking agent-based workflows with ICP services while keeping permissions narrowly defined. How widely users adopt the feature will depend on the range of applications built around it and how effectively the permission model works in practical use.
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