What happened
C1 announced Enterprise-Managed Authorization (EMA) support on June 18, 2026 — alignment with the open MCP standard for governing how Claude agents (and other MCP-compatible agents) access enterprise tools. C1 issues short-lived, scoped tokens; agents authenticate once and are governed centrally through one control plane and audit trail.
Why it matters
Establishes practical, standards-based governance for agent-to-tool authorization. EMA is the first implementation of centralized scoped-token issuance for agents at scale; avoids credential sprawl and enables revocation within minutes. Removes reliance on static API keys for agentic workloads.
Applicability
Enterprises deploying Claude agents and MCP-compatible tools; platform teams building multi-vendor agent orchestration. Immediate relevance for organizations adopting Anthropic's agent framework.