Hawcx
Choose Hawcx when
Your agents act for your own employees, each tool call needs its own policy check and delegation proof, and a replayed call must fail.
Hawcx vs 
Descope for AI agent authentication
Both give each AI agent its own identity, tied to the person it acts for. Hawcx also checks each individual tool call against policy before it executes, carries proof of who delegated the action, and gives every call a grant that works once.
Hawcx vs Descope, side by side
Nine capabilities: the six most vendors now cover, and the three that carry a person’s authority to each action.
| Capability | Hawcx | |
|---|---|---|
| The basics | ||
| DiscoveryFinds the agents already running across your tools. | Partial | Not covered |
| Zero standing credentialsAgents hold no long-lived secrets; access is issued when it’s needed. | Full | Partial |
| Agent authenticationEach agent proves its own identity. | Full | Full |
| Authorization policyRules decide what each agent may do. | Full | Full |
| Runtime enforcementEvery call is checked before it runs. | Full | Not covered |
| Governance and auditA record of every agent, its owner and its actions. | Full | Partial |
| From the person to the action | ||
| Phishing-resistant human root of trustThe agent’s authority starts with a person’s phishing-resistant sign-in. | Full | Full |
| Proof of delegation on every actionEach action carries proof that a specific person delegated it. | Full | Partial |
| A single-use grant for every tool callA captured call can’t run twice. | Full | Not covered |
FullPartialNot coveredBased on public materials, September 2026.
Which one fits?
Choose Descope when
You’re building customer-facing AI apps or MCP servers and want user sign-in, consent, OAuth scopes and agent tokens in one platform, with managed credentials for the services agents call.