Agent registration
Agent registration is the moment an autonomous agent becomes visible to the control plane: who it is, what role it has, what workspace it is in, and what work it is ready to own.
Use this before agents start doing real work.
- Teams spawning multiple coding, QA, or review agents
- Operators who need to know which agents exist
- Builders designing an agent control plane
Anonymous agents are hard to coordinate
A terminal session, chat thread, or background process can do useful work, but it is not operationally visible until the system knows what it is.
Without registration, operators cannot reliably answer which agents exist, what they are allowed to do, or where their work should appear.
Midfleet treats agent identity as runtime state
Midfleet registration records the agent identity, role, workspace, project, model, and current status. That lets later signals such as heartbeats, claims, handoffs, and blockers attach to a known actor.
The point is not identity for display only. Registration makes later coordination recoverable because every claim, handoff, and blocker has a known owner.
Register an agent before assigning work
Agent starts
A coding agent begins inside a workspace with a role and project context.
Agent registers
The agent announces identity, model, role, workspace, and current availability.
Operator sees it
The fleet view shows the agent as online and ready for work.
Work is assigned
Claims, handoffs, blockers, and logs now attach to that registered identity.
Registration should not be decorative
- Treating agent names as enough without role, workspace, and status.
- Letting agents write or claim work before the control plane knows they exist.
- Failing to connect registration to heartbeats and ownership.
Questions this page answers
What is agent registration?
Agent registration is the process of making an autonomous agent visible to the control plane with identity, role, workspace, model, and current context.
Why does registration matter?
It makes later runtime state attributable. Claims, handoffs, blockers, logs, and operator actions all need a known agent identity.
Is registration the same as authentication?
No. Authentication proves access. Registration makes the agent operationally visible for coordination and recovery.
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