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Intent answers: what should happen? Intent defines the requested business operation itself, decoupled from the mechanics of executing it. The same Intent could in principle be carried out by different execution engines; Intent describes the what, not the how.

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Fields

FieldTypeDescription
intentIdstringUnique identifier for the intent.
authorizationIdstringThe Authorization this intent was submitted under.
actionstringThe requested action, e.g. vendor-payment.
targetstringThe target of the action.
parametersRecord<string, unknown>Action-specific parameters.
createdAtDateWhen the intent was created.

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Example

{
  "intentId": "intent-1",
  "authorizationId": "authz-1",
  "action": "vendor-payment",
  "target": "vendor:acme-supplies",
  "parameters": { "amount": 2500, "currency": "USD" },
  "createdAt": "2026-06-01T09:00:01.000Z"
}

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Relationships

An Intent is evaluated against a Policy Reference to produce a Decision. Intent never performs execution on its own — it is a request, not an action.