Direct answer
Capability Scoped Tokens, in this implementation guide, is limited to the following inspected scope. Replay resistance, least-privilege access tokens, audience restriction, and counterfeit resource-server threats. Current Maha capability and client binding. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Implementation contract and operational limits
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Applied scope: Replay resistance, least-privilege access tokens, audience restriction, and counterfeit resource-server threats. Current Maha capability and client binding.
Definition and operating context
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Evidence and exact locators
Best Current Practice for OAuth 2.0 Security — Sections 2.2, 2.3, and 4.10.2. Establishes: Replay resistance, least-privilege access tokens, audience restriction, and counterfeit resource-server threats.
Agent client credential authorization — credential scopes, fingerprint, client binding, status, and authorization checks. Establishes: Current Maha capability and client binding.
What the evidence does not establish
OAuth security guidance does not prove a particular gateway enforces scopes or that an entitlement is commercially valid.
Local code does not independently establish deployment security or correct policy configuration.
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Related definitions and applications
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Questions this page can answer
What does Capability Scoped Tokens mean in this bounded context?
Capability Scoped Tokens, in this implementation guide, is limited to the following inspected scope. Replay resistance, least-privilege access tokens, audience restriction, and counterfeit resource-server threats. Current Maha capability and client binding. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Which inspected sources support this implementation answer?
Best Current Practice for OAuth 2.0 Security (RFC 9700 / BCP 240, January 2025), at Sections 2.2, 2.3, and 4.10.2, supports replay resistance, least-privilege access tokens, audience restriction, and counterfeit resource-server threats. Agent client credential authorization (repository source inspected 2026-09-05), at credential scopes, fingerprint, client binding, status, and authorization checks, supports current Maha capability and client binding.
What does the evidence not establish?
OAuth security guidance does not prove a particular gateway enforces scopes or that an entitlement is commercially valid. Local code does not independently establish deployment security or correct policy configuration. Property boundary: This route may apply authority; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
Which definition or canonical owner must be read first?
Read the maha-strategies definition at https://www.mahastrategies.com/clearing/agent-governance/identity-bound-agents/definition first. The present page applies that definition through its narrower route role.
What source, policy, implementation, or release change would require revision?
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