# Skill: Implement Web Bot Authentication Signatures

> **Standard:** HTTP Signatures / Web Bot Auth
> **Category:** BOT_ACCESS_CONTROL
> **Classification:** SPECIFICATION_AND_GUIDE
> **Author:** TinyCTO Architecture Guild (https://tinycto.tv)

## Overview
Authenticate autonomous bots via HTTP signatures and verifiable cryptographic credentials.

## Learning Objectives
1. Verify bot public keys and signature headers.
2. Allow verified agent traffic while blocking malicious scrapers.

## Prerequisites
- Public key infrastructure and signature verification middleware

## Implementation & Execution Guide

### Step 1: Verify Signature Header
Validate the cryptographic signature of incoming agent requests.

## Architectural Takeaway
Cryptographic bot authentication replaces brittle IP whitelisting with verifiable identity proofs.