Tool Bill of Materials (TBOM) Specification

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026 Open access

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Authors: Jason M. Lovell
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18458945
Cited by: 2

Abstract

Tool Bill of Materials (TBOM) is a provenance and integrity standard for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem. It provides a cryptographically signed manifest that binds MCP server releases to immutable tool metadata, enabling automated trust verification and preventing tool poisoning in AI agent supply chains.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
2 February 2026