# Yaroslav Popov — Technical Articles

Technical essays and reference notes about AI agents, trust infrastructure, signed intents,
agent identity, local-first automation, and practical software architecture.

Canonical site: https://blog.popov.app
Author: Yaroslav Popov

## Start here

- [Why AI agents need passports](https://blog.popov.app/articles/why-ai-agents-need-passports): A working note on portable identity, signed intents, and trust infrastructure for AI agents.
- [Agent passports](https://blog.popov.app/notes/agent-passports): Definition and problem statement for portable AI agent identity.
- [Signed intents](https://blog.popov.app/notes/signed-intents): A practical authorization primitive for AI agents.
- [Publishing system](https://blog.popov.app/notes/publishing-system): How this site is structured for portability and AI/search discoverability.

## Markdown sources

- [Why AI agents need passports — Markdown](https://blog.popov.app/articles/why-ai-agents-need-passports.md)