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Bootstrap: sub-agent token acquisition is deferred here but not covered #116

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@dickhardt

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The protocol defers sub-agent token acquisition to bootstrap: "Acquisition of a sub-agent token from the agent provider is platform-dependent and is described in [@?I-D.hardt-aauth-bootstrap], parallel to top-level agent token acquisition" ((#sub-agents)). Bootstrap does not cover it. The pointer dangles.

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Add a sub-agent acquisition section to bootstrap. For the self-hosted case the answer is one paragraph: the operator's self-hosted AP is the parent's AP and self-issues the sub-agent token (sub with the + delimiter, parent_agent claim, fresh cnf key) exactly as it self-issues top-level tokens. The hosted-AP case (parent requests a sub-agent token from its AP) needs its own short pattern.

Context

From the notes.ito.com deployment review (writeup, review pass). Pairs with the many-agents-one-operator issue — same section of bootstrap, same self-issue mechanics.

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