Terms
Agent
Software that acts for you, such as Claude or ChatGPT.Agent identity
One connection’s own identity under your Sigil. Every connection gets one. You can disconnect each one on its own. See Agent identities.Approval page
The Sumvin page where you read and sign a Stamped Mandate or approve a purchase. It opens in your own browser, and you approve there with your passkey. Your agent can give you the link; it can’t approve there.CLI
Thesumvin command-line tool, for developers building and experimenting on Sumvin. The connector is the recommended way to use Sumvin. See Install the CLI.
Coming soon
Not available yet, including in this preview. Payments are coming soon, in a fast-follow release. One of the three status labels in these docs.Connector
Sumvin added to an AI assistant, such as Claude or ChatGPT. The recommended way to use Sumvin. See Connect your agent.Counterparty
Anyone your agent deals with: a merchant, a service or another agent. A counterparty can check a Stamped Mandate your agent presents.Disconnect
Stop honouring one agent identity. Your other agents and your Sigil are unaffected. Mandates that agent asked for stay valid until they expire or you revoke them.Envoy
Sumvin’s money agent. Your agent creates an errand; Envoy runs it, inside the limits of your Stamped Mandates. See Envoy.Errand
A standing purchase: a long-running purchase task that runs under a Stamped Mandate and goes ahead only when your terms are met. One pre-authorised mandate can back many errands. See Errands.Live
Available to everyone. One of the three status labels in these docs.Pre-authorised
A mode in which an errand may complete a purchase without asking you again, within its mandate and the conditions you set. The default is to approve each purchase.Private preview
Rolling out. It may not be available on your account yet. One of the three status labels in these docs.Repeat errand
An errand you want done more than once, running in pre-authorised mode. See Repeat errands.Revoke
Permanently withdraw a Stamped Mandate. Anything relying on it stops, including errands using it.Sigil
Your proof of personhood: a verified identity for you and your agents. Your agents carry it as proof that a real, verified person stands behind them. See Sigil.Stamped Mandate
A signed authorisation that says what an agent may do for you: sharing data, proving who it acts for, or spending, each with the limits you set. Sumvin’s own object: not an AP2 mandate or a card-network mandate. See Stamped Mandates.Verification
Proving who you are, once: your phone number, then your identity. It is what your Sigil is issued on. See Verify your identity.Technical note
Two renames are underway; the objects are the same.A Stamped Mandate was previously called a PINT (purchase-intent token). The old name still appears in some wire names and SDK types, in the current CLI command group
sumvin pint, and in two MCP tools, pint_query and pint_revoke.An Errand was previously called an IPA (Intelligent Purchase Authorization). The old name may still appear in some wire paths and SDK types.