# Your AI Agent Needs to Know Who You Are

DevFeed: [Your AI Agent Needs to Know Who You Are](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/your-ai-agent-needs-to-know-who-you-are-29981.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/your-ai-agent-needs-to-know-who-you-are/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Jeffrey Ellin)

Published: 2026-06-24T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [JSON Web Tokens](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jwt.md>), [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol-mcp.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/audit.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [ai-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agent.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authorization.md>), [identity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identity.md>), [jwt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jwt.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains that MCP tools typically see only the calling AI agent, not the human who initiated a request. It describes using short-lived, cryptographically signed Teleport JWTs to carry verified user identity through agent requests, enabling more precise authorization and more useful audit trails.

## Source excerpt

Learn how Teleport JWTs propagate human identity through MCP tool calls for audit, authorization, and access control.