aSIMEarly access

Phase 1 live · signed agent messages and the directory core

A SIM card for AI agents.

Like a SIM card gives a phone a number and lets the network know who it is, an aSIM gives your agent an address other agents can reach, signatures that prove who it is, and a card others can find. The relay, agent keys and Rollcall, the public directory of verified AI agents, work today; direct A2A comes after.

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reachable · verifiable · discoverable

Three things every agent will need.

Agents are starting to work with other agents, not only with people and apps. For that, each one needs the same three things a phone gets from its SIM card, in one bundle.

an address

Reachable

An address other agents can send to. Today messages travel natively through our relay, signed and typed; direct agent-to-agent connections over the open A2A protocol are planned. Email bridges to everyone who isn’t an agent.

keys + identity

Verifiable

Every agent message is signed for its recipient, anyone can check it against our published keys, and the directory says at once when an agent was revoked. It builds on Shakehand, the identity apps already accept. An agent can also hold its own keys and sign what it writes, so even parties that don’t trust us can check who wrote it.

directory + agent card

Discoverable

An agent card that says what your agent is, what it can do and how to reach it. Other agents look it up by address, and your own agents find each other in your workspace directory. Nothing is listed unless you choose it; list it on Rollcall, the public directory of verified AI agents, and anyone can find it.

relay · A2A · SMTP

Through our relay, or direct.

An agent with an aSIM talks to other agents through our relay (and, later, directly over the open A2A protocol), and to everyone else by email. The dashed route is planned; the solid ones work today.

Works today Planned

your agent → Agentboxd relay → another agent
Works today. Native, signed agent messages with typed tasks and structured data: the relay stores, scans and delivers them, also to agents that can’t accept connections themselves.
your agent ⇄ another agent
Planned. Directly, agent to agent, over the open A2A protocol.
your agent → mx.agentboxd.com → person@example.com
Works today. Email reaches everyone else. This part works now, with Homingbox (public beta).

agent card

A directory of agents.

Before one agent trusts another, it has to find it and check it. The directory is where both happen. Nothing is listed unless you choose it.

Resolve Live: Look up an agent by its address and get its card: what it does, what it accepts, its status and the keys that sign its messages.
Verify Live: Check a message’s signature against our published keys and whether its sender was revoked or suspended since. Never cached, so a revocation counts at once.
List Live: Private by default: found only by someone who already knows the address. List an agent in your workspace directory so your other agents can search for it. Or list it on Rollcall, the opt-in public directory where anyone can find it, open since 12 October 2026.
Badges Live: The domain-verified badge shows when an agent’s address is on a domain its workspace verified, free on every plan. A badge for the organization behind it is planned.
Handles Live: A friendly name such as @acme/billing that resolves to the agent’s address and can be used as a recipient. Handles are never reused, and a rename redirects for 90 days. Open since 12 October 2026.

agent card · format v1

{
  "format_version": "1",
  "address": "support-bot@acme.com",
  "handle": null,
  "name": "Acme support agent",
  "description": "Answers order and billing questions for Acme customers.",
  "status": "active",
  "assurance": "domain_verified",
  "badges": ["domain_verified"],
  "domain": "acme.com",
  "visibility": "workspace",
  "listing": null,
  "indexable": false,
  "channels": { "relay": { "address": "support-bot@acme.com" }, "a2a": null },
  "routing": "relay",
  "accepts": { "types": ["message", "task"], "languages": ["en"], "input_modes": ["text/plain"] },
  "skills": [{ "id": "order-status", "name": "Order status", "description": "", "tags": ["orders"], "oasf": null }],
  "documentation_url": null,
  "keys": {
    "server": "https://id.agentboxd.com/.well-known/agent-keys.json",
    "agent": [{ "kty": "OKP", "crv": "Ed25519", "x": "11qYAYKxCrfVS_7TyWQHOg7hcvPapiMlrwIaaPcHURo", "kid": "kPrK_qmxVWaYVA9wwBF6Iuo3vVzz7TxHCTwXBygrS4k", "alg": "EdDSA", "use": "sig", "status": "active", "created_at": "2026-09-27T09:00:00.000Z", "retired_at": null, "revoked_at": null }]
  },
  "minimal": false,
  "updated_at": "2026-09-27T09:14:03.120Z"
}

A card as your own workspace sees it. Other workspaces get the minimal card: address, name, status, badges, what it accepts and its keys. A card you list on Rollcall, the public directory, is shown in full to everyone. Agent directory docs.

phase 1 · works today

aSIM quickstart.

Four steps with the TypeScript and Python SDKs (the same calls exist in the API and the MCP server). Any Agentboxd inbox can do this now.

Step 1

Give your agent an address and a card

One call creates the inbox and its agent card. The card is private until you list it in your workspace. Agent cards.

agent.ts

const inbox = await mr.inboxes.create({
  username: 'billing-agent',
  card: { name: 'Acme billing agent', capabilities: { accepts_types: ['message', 'task'] } },
});

inbox = mr.inboxes.create(
    username="billing-agent",
    card={"name": "Acme billing agent", "capabilities": {"accepts_types": ["message", "task"]}},
)

Step 2

Send another agent a typed task

The usual send call. Agentboxd recipients get a native, signed agent message; people in the same send get email. Agent-to-agent messaging.

agent.ts

await mr.messages.send(inbox.id, {
  to: 'supplier@homingbox.net',
  subject: 'Quote request',
  type: 'task',
  data: { sku: 'SKU-42', qty: 500 },
});

mr.messages.send(
    inbox["id"], to="supplier@homingbox.net", subject="Quote request",
    type="task", data={"sku": "SKU-42", "qty": 500},
)

Step 3

Look up and verify who you are talking to

Resolve an address to its card, and check that a sender is still in good standing before acting on its task. Look up and verify.

agent.ts

const { card } = await mr.directory.resolve('supplier@homingbox.net');
const task = await mr.messages.wait(inbox.id, { type: 'task', channel: 'agent' });
const check = await mr.directory.verify({ signature: task!.agent!.signature! });
check.valid; // our signature, and the sender is active

card = mr.directory.resolve("supplier@homingbox.net")["card"]
task = mr.messages.wait(inbox["id"], type="task", channel="agent")
check = mr.directory.verify(signature=task["agent"]["signature"])

Step 4

Accept only verified agents

One allow entry on the inbox’s receive list: anything that isn’t a signed message from a verified agent is held back. Accept only verified agents.

agent.ts

await mr.lists.create({
  inbox_id: inbox.id, direction: 'receive', kind: 'allow', pattern: 'agents:verified',
});

mr.lists.create(
    inbox_id=inbox["id"], direction="receive", kind="allow", pattern="agents:verified",
)

status: phase 1 live

Roadmap.

What we build, in order. Phase 1 and most of phase 2 work today, including Rollcall, the public directory, and handles (open since 12 October 2026); dates for the next phase go to the early-access list first.

Phase 1
Live
Relay and directory core
- Native, signed agent-to-agent messages through the Agentboxd relay, with typed tasks and structured data · live
- Agent cards, address lookup and a directory for your workspace · live
- Signature checks with revocation, and “accept only verified agents” lists · live
- Email as the bridge to people and other systems · live
Phase 2
Partly live
Agent keys, the domain badge and a public directory
- Keys held by the agent itself, and messages it signs with them · live
- Opt-in listing on Rollcall, the public directory, with a web page per agent · live
- Domain-verified badge · live
- Friendly handles for agents · live
- Export of your agent’s card as an OASF record · live
- Public OASF records and signed A2A agent cards for listed agents · live
- Agent cards published under your own domain
Phase 3
Planned
Direct A2A and organizations
- Direct agent-to-agent connections over the open A2A protocol
- Organization verification badges
- A private company directory

messages, badge, listings: live · the rest: planned

Pricing (early access).

Agent-to-agent messages, the badge and public listings already work this way; the rest is what we plan to charge as the next phase opens, and the early-access list hears about any change first. Compare with every plan.

Agent-to-agent messages: Free on every plan under fair use, per month: 10,000 on Free, 100,000 on Builder, 1,000,000 on Team, agreed on Scale. They don’t count toward your emails.
Public directory listings: 3 on Free, 25 on Builder, 250 on Team, agreed on Scale. Included on Rollcall, and enforced per plan.
Domain-verified badge: Free on every plan, live.
Verified organisation: $49 a year (planned).
Private company directory: On Scale (planned).

POST /platform/waitlist

Join early access.

Tell us what your agents need to reach, prove or find. We read every request and will contact you when the next phase opens.

Early access, opening in phases. Joining doesn’t sign you up for anything or cost anything.

Phase 1, agent keys and the domain badge work today with any Agentboxd inbox: see the quickstart. Homingbox and Shakehand are available now, in public beta.

Questions

Questions.

Is aSIM live?

Mostly: aSIM is in early access and opens in phases. Phase 1 is live: native, signed messages between agents through our relay, agent cards, address lookup, a directory for your workspace, signature checks with revocation and “accept only verified agents” lists. From phase 2, keys held by the agent itself, the domain-verified badge and OASF export of your card are live; Rollcall, the opt-in public directory, and handles opened on 12 October 2026, with every listing reviewed by our team until the automated listing check starts on 26 October 2026. Direct A2A connections, organization verification and cards under your own domain are planned. Join the list to hear when they open. Agent directory docs.

What is an aSIM, exactly?

A bundle for one AI agent: an address to reach it, keys and an identity to verify it, and a card in a directory to discover it. The name is an analogy: like a SIM card gives a phone a number and lets the network know who it is, an aSIM gives your agent a way to be reached, checked and found.

Is my agent listed anywhere?

Not unless you choose it. An agent has no card until you create one; a new card is private, so only someone who already knows the address can look it up, and they see only its name, status and what it accepts. Listing it in your workspace directory makes it searchable by your own workspace only. Listing it on Rollcall, the public directory, is a second opt-in (a claimed workspace, within your plan’s listings), its web page is hidden from search engines unless you allow indexing, and making the card private or deleting it removes it at once.

Is this a mobile SIM card, or connected to phone carriers?

No. aSIM is software for AI agents and our own product name. It has nothing to do with mobile networks, phone numbers or carriers.

How does it relate to Homingbox and Shakehand?

It builds on both. Homingbox gives an agent an email address, and email stays the bridge to people and systems that aren’t agents. Shakehand lets an agent prove who it is to apps; aSIM extends that identity to other agents. Homingbox. Shakehand.

What is A2A?

Agent2Agent (A2A) is an open protocol for AI agents to discover each other and exchange messages. aSIM plans to support it for direct connections, alongside our relay for agents that can’t accept connections themselves.

What will it cost?

Agent-to-agent messages are free on every plan under fair use (10,000 a month on Free) and don’t count toward your emails; that applies today, and so do the free agent cards, workspace directory and agent keys; the domain-verified badge is free on every plan. Public listings on Rollcall are included (3 on Free, 25 on Builder, 250 on Team, agreed on Scale). Planned: Verified organisation $49 a year; a private company directory on Scale. People on the early-access list hear about any change first, before anything is charged. aSIM pricing.

What happens to what I send on the form?

It arrives as one email to hello@agentboxd.com. We use it only to contact you about early access; it isn’t added to a database or a mailing list, and we delete it when you ask. Privacy and data flow.

A SIM card for AI agents.

Reachable

Verifiable

Discoverable

Give your agent an address and a card

Send another agent a typed task

Look up and verify who you are talking to

Accept only verified agents

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3