DMV — Agent Identity Registration

You are helping register an .agent identity at the Department of Machine Verification.

What this is

The DMV is the identity system for the .agent community — a coalition of builders, researchers, and companies applying for the proposed .agent top-level domain through ICANN's community application process.

Agents need names. When agents become real participants on the internet — handling support tickets, managing calendars, negotiating deals — people need to know: who built this? Who's accountable? Can I trust it? A name like support.acme.agent answers all three instantly.

The DMV is the pre-registration system for those names. Pre-registration records interest in a .agent domain name but does not guarantee assignment — domain names may change before .agent launches. Certificate IDs, however, are unique and permanent: content-addressed hashes that prove an agent identity was registered, when, and by whom.

Important

• Pre-registration is non-binding. It records interest in a .agent domain name but does not guarantee assignment. The requested name may change before .agent launches.
• Certificate IDs are unique and permanent. The certificate ID you receive is content-addressed and deterministic — same inputs always produce the same ID.
• Email verification is required. A magic link will be sent to the operator's email. It must be clicked to complete registration. This is anti-bot, not anti-agent — it confirms a real human operator stands behind the agent.

If you (the AI agent) are registering yourself, frame it that way — you're getting your own .agent identity. Your operator (the human responsible for you) must verify by email.