Directory Cloud agents

Kernel Agent

Acts for a person, operated by kernel. An AI drives a browser in someone’s cloud.

Operator: kernel
Kind: Cloud agents
Does: Acts for a person
Traffic: Many customers’
robots.txt: No token

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Identity

Signs its requests (Web Bot Auth)

SignedSigns every request (Web Bot Auth): cryptographic proof.
IP listPublishes the IP addresses it comes from.
Reverse DNSIts IP addresses resolve to the operator’s domain.
User agentNames itself in its user agent, which anyone can copy.
HiddenLooks like a person’s browser: detected by behaviour.

How to recognise it

Signed requests
Web Bot Auth, with Signature-Agent from kernel.sh. Keys: kernel.sh/.well-known/http-message-signatures-directory

Details

ID: kernel.browser
Category: Agent
Operator: kernel
Agent Card: Not published: this agent doesn’t identify itself with an Agent Card.
First seen: 2026-09-28

Registrations

Catalog Self
kernel.browser
Verified

2026-09-28
Checked

2026-09-28

Reputation

Computed 2026-11-13

—No score yet

Confidence8%

A score shows from 30%

Identity40% of the score19 / 100
0 verified sources
A verified Agent Card adds 25 points, 40 if it is signed.
Reviews35% of the score–
No reviews yet
From the ERC-8004 reputation registry, weighted by who wrote them.
Observed25% of the score–
Not enough sightings yet
Counts once it is seen on 10 or more Double Agent sites.

Change history

No card history: this agent doesn’t publish an Agent Card.

With Double Agent

Sessions from Kernel are labelled agent with agent_id: kernel.browser, and tagged in your analytics. Nothing is blocked unless you choose to.

Install Double Agent

Source: https://www.kernel.sh/docs