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Universal Trust Adapter API verifies 8 AI credential formats in one call

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A developer tool called Universal Trust Adapter (UTA) offers a single API endpoint capable of verifying eight distinct credential formats used in AI agent ecosystems, including JWT, W3C VC, MCP, A2A, X.509, EAT-AI, ZTA, and ATC v3. The API automatically detects the credential format using heuristics before routing it through a multi-stage verification pipeline that checks schema, cryptography, issuer, and policy. Beyond verification, UTA supports translation between formats — for example, converting a JWT into an equivalent W3C Verifiable Credential while preserving issuer, subject, and scope. A bridge operation allows credentials verified in one ecosystem to be re-issued in another, enabling interoperability between agents built on different trust frameworks. The project claims a throughput of over 6,700 verifications per second on a single CPU core, with individual verify operations completing in under 0.2 milliseconds.

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