What is the difference between Agent Audit Trail and AI Agent Execution Profile of SCITT?

The map lists them as complementary: sites and agents commonly implement both. Agent Audit Trail answers: Is there a standard, tamper-evident log format any autonomous AI agent can write its actions to, so a regulator, auditor or victim can later reconstruct exactly what it did and why? AI Agent Execution Profile of SCITT answers: How can an agent operator produce independently verifiable, tamper-evident records of an AI agent's material actions using SCITT signed statements and an independent transparency service?

When should I use Agent Audit Trail instead of AI Agent Execution Profile of SCITT?

Choose Agent Audit Trail when your question is “Is there a standard, tamper-evident log format any autonomous AI agent can write its actions to, so a regulator, auditor or victim can later reconstruct exactly what it did and why?” and you accept its maturity: phase draft, adoption unmeasured. Choose AI Agent Execution Profile of SCITT when your question is “How can an agent operator produce independently verifiable, tamper-evident records of an AI agent's material actions using SCITT signed statements and an independent transparency service?” and you accept its maturity: phase draft, adoption unmeasured.

Agent Audit Trail vs AI Agent Execution Profile of SCITT

The map lists them as complementary: sites and agents commonly implement both.

9 Account Agent Audit Trail · 9 Account AI Agent Execution Profile of SCITT

	Agent Audit Trail AAT	AI Agent Execution Profile of SCITT AIR
Lifecycle step	9 Account: Prove what happened; be judged	9 Account: Prove what happened; be judged
Answers	Is there a standard, tamper-evident log format any autonomous AI agent can write its actions to, so a regulator, auditor or victim can later reconstruct exactly what it did and why?	How can an agent operator produce independently verifiable, tamper-evident records of an AI agent's material actions using SCITT signed statements and an independent transparency service?
Governed by	IETF individual Internet-Draft; not adopted by any IETF working group, 'not endorsed by the IETF' and has 'no formal standing' in the IETF process (datatracker's own disclaimer)	Individual Internet-Draft submitted to the IETF Network Working Group; not an adopted working group document.
Status (issuer's words)	Active Internet-Draft (individual submission), Intended status: Standards Track; not a Working Group document	Internet-Draft, Intended Status: Informational; expires 15 April 2027; work in progress
Phase	draft	draft
Version	draft-sharif-agent-audit-trail-08 (2026-10-13)	draft-emirdag-scitt-ai-agent-execution-01 (2026-10-12)
Form / transport	document format	document format
Found at	none	Not a web-discovery standard. Records are registered with a SCITT Transparency Service (Evidence Custodian) and verified by relying parties out of band.
Adoption	unmeasured	unmeasured
Evidence	3 verified	1 reported
Primary use case	Audit what an agent did	Audit what an agent did
Last verified	2026-10-18 (current)	2026-10-18 (current)
Specification	https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-sharif-agent-audit-trail-08	https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-emirdag-scitt-ai-agent-execution-01

When to use which

Choose Agent Audit Trail when your question is “Is there a standard, tamper-evident log format any autonomous AI agent can write its actions to, so a regulator, auditor or victim can later reconstruct exactly what it did and why?” and you accept its maturity: phase draft, adoption unmeasured.
Choose AI Agent Execution Profile of SCITT when your question is “How can an agent operator produce independently verifiable, tamper-evident records of an AI agent's material actions using SCITT signed statements and an independent transparency service?” and you accept its maturity: phase draft, adoption unmeasured.

Guidance is derived from the two records (question, phase, adoption, prerequisites, pairings), not from opinion. Each record's page carries its numbered references.

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Agent Audit Trail: Is there a standard, tamper-evident log format any autonomous AI agent can write its actions to, so a regulator, auditor or victim can later reconstruct exactly what it did and why?
AI Agent Execution Profile of SCITT: How can an agent operator produce independently verifiable, tamper-evident records of an AI agent's material actions using SCITT signed statements and an independent transparency service?

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