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 "url": "https://agenticweb.wiki/compare/agent-audit-trail-vs-wimse-agent-audit-record/",
 "title": "AAT vs Agent Audit Record: differences & adoption",
 "description": "Agent Audit Trail vs An Audit Record Format for AI Agent Authorization Decisions: The map lists them as complementary: sites and agents commonly…",
 "markdown_url": "https://agenticweb.wiki/compare/agent-audit-trail-vs-wimse-agent-audit-record/index.md",
 "markdown": "# Agent Audit Trail (AAT) vs An Audit Record Format for AI Agent Authorization Decisions (Agent Audit Record)\n\nThe map lists them as complementary: sites and agents commonly implement both.\n\n[9 Account](/category/account/) [Agent Audit Trail](/protocols/agent-audit-trail/) · [9 Account](/category/account/) [An Audit Record Format for AI Agent Authorization Decisions](/protocols/wimse-agent-audit-record/)\n\n|  | [Agent Audit Trail](/protocols/agent-audit-trail/) AAT | [An Audit Record Format for AI Agent Authorization Decisions](/protocols/wimse-agent-audit-record/) Agent Audit Record |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Lifecycle step | 9 Account: Prove what happened; be judged | 9 Account: Prove what happened; be judged |\n| 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? | What should a tamper-evident record of an agent's authorization decision contain? |\n| 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) | IETF individual Internet-Draft (the datatracker lists it as an individual submission, not a working group document) |\n| Status (issuer's words) | Active Internet-Draft (individual submission), Intended status: Standards Track; not a Working Group document | Internet-Draft (individual), Intended Status: Informational; expires 19 April 2027 |\n| Version | draft-sharif-agent-audit-trail-08 (2026-10-13) | draft-gilda-audit-agent-audit-record-00 (replaces draft-gilda-wimse-agent-audit-record-02) (2026-10-16) |\n| Form / transport | document format | document format |\n| Found at | none | none; a record format, not a discoverable service |\n| Implementation | none found | none found |\n| Evidence | 3 verified | 5 verified |\n| Primary use case | Audit what an agent did | Audit what an agent did |\n| Last verified | 2026-10-23 (current) | 2026-10-23 (current) |\n| Specification | [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-sharif-agent-audit-trail-08](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-sharif-agent-audit-trail-08) | [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-gilda-audit-agent-audit-record/](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-gilda-audit-agent-audit-record/) |\n\n## When to use which\n\n- 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: status \"Active Internet-Draft (individual submission), Intended status: Standards Track; not a Working Group document\", implementation none found.\n- Choose An Audit Record Format for AI Agent Authorization Decisions when your question is “What should a tamper-evident record of an agent's authorization decision contain?” and you accept its maturity: status \"Internet-Draft (individual), Intended Status: Informational; expires 19 April 2027\", implementation none found.\n\nGuidance is derived from the two records (question, status, implementation, prerequisites, pairings), not from opinion. Each record's page carries its numbered references.\n\n## Read the full articles\n\n- [Agent Audit Trail](/protocols/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?\n- [An Audit Record Format for AI Agent Authorization Decisions](/protocols/wimse-agent-audit-record/): What should a tamper-evident record of an agent's authorization decision contain?\n\nAsk the MCP server to compare any two: the compare-protocols prompt, or get on both ids. [Connect](/connect/).\n\n[agent-audit-trail.json](/data/protocols/agent-audit-trail.json) · [wimse-agent-audit-record.json](/data/protocols/wimse-agent-audit-record.json) · [Markdown](/compare/agent-audit-trail-vs-wimse-agent-audit-record/index.md)\n"
}