Smart News Crawler Demo - News and Content given End-User Identity

This reference implementation demonstrates how to use kya tokens to gate agent and bot access to websites and APIs.

Content publishers can require agents and bots to present verified kya tokens that deliver the identity of their human end-user before accessing protected content. This allows publishers to preserve their relationship with human end-users while enabling legitimate agent access.

Artifacts

Demo Video

Watch how verified identity tokens allow bots to access protected publisher content.

Live Agent

Run the crawler yourself and observe identity-gated access in action.

GitHub Repo

Explore the full crawler and bot manager source code.

This demo showcases the versatility of the KYAPay protocol and the near universal applicability of the protocol in enabling agentic commerce.

The Problem

Publishers typically:

Monetize through advertising impressions
Sell subscriptions to human users
Restrict automated scraping via bot management systems

As a result, most crawlers, bots, and agents are blocked by default.

However, blocking all automation prevents legitimate, user-authorized agents from accessing content on behalf of real people.

The Skyfire Solution

Skyfire enables agents and bots to present a verified identity token, a kya token, to websites and APIs.

A kya token:

Cryptographically verifies the identity of the human principal, or business entity
Is signed and auditable
Allows agents to act on behalf of real users
Preserves publisher visibility into end-user identity

What This Demo Includes

This demo includes source code for:

Web crawler: Submits kya tokens when accessing protected content
Bot manager: Verifies tokens before granting access

Together, these components demonstrate identity gated automation in practice.