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title: "SD-JWT, defined | Agent Ready Checkout"
description: "SD-JWT: Selective Disclosure JSON Web Token: a signed token where the holder reveals only chosen claims to each verifier."
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# SD-JWT, defined | Agent Ready Checkout

> SD-JWT: Selective Disclosure JSON Web Token: a signed token where the holder reveals only chosen claims to each verifier.

Source: https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/sd-jwt
Site: Agent Ready Checkout
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

Glossary

# SD-JWT

In short

SD-JWT: Selective Disclosure JSON Web Token: a signed token where the holder reveals only chosen claims to each verifier. SD-JWT appears in 1 sourced facts on this site, the first in Verifiable Intent (VI). Example: Verifiable Intent uses layered SD-JWT credentials. After SD-JWT the glossary lists x402.

## Definition

Selective Disclosure JSON Web Token: a signed token where the holder reveals only chosen claims to each verifier.

## Example

Verifiable Intent uses layered SD-JWT credentials. [github.com](https://github.com/agent-intent/verifiable-intent), read 4 Nov 2026.

## Where it appears in the sourced facts

-   VI defines a layered SD-JWT delegation chain (credential provider to user to agent) with key confirmation (RFC 7800) and selective disclosure per role. [github.com](https://github.com/agent-intent/verifiable-intent), read 4 Nov 2026. In [Verifiable Intent (VI)](https://agentreadycheckout.com/protocols/verifiable-intent).

## Nearby terms

-   [x402](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/x402)
-   [HTTP 402 Payment Required](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/http-402-payment-required)
-   [Verifiable Intent](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/verifiable-intent)
-   [All terms](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary)

## Sources

1.  [Verifiable Intent repository](https://github.com/agent-intent/verifiable-intent), read 4 Nov 2026

Last reviewed 4 Nov 2026

## Edition

Matrix edition of 4 Nov 2026.

Reviewed 4 Nov 2026, [1 sources](#sources-h).

## Method

[How cells, sources and read dates are defined](https://agentreadycheckout.com/method)