IBM watsonx Orchestrate

Orchestrate imports an OpenAPI specification and turns each operation into a skill. This platform generates that spec from the same registry that produced the A2A card.

#Getting the spec

curl -H "authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" https://app.authprior.com/api/orchestrate > priorauth.json

Import it in Orchestrate as an OpenAPI skill set. Each registered agent becomes one operation, described in outcome terms rather than as a sequence of tool calls.

#Two things to configure on the Orchestrate side

1. A long-running pattern
   Operations return 202 with a task id when work is held at the release gate. The skill has to poll rather than treat a non-200 as a failure - the default retry behaviour will create duplicate tasks.
2. The connection identity
   Orchestrate authenticates as a channel principal bound to specific practices. It is not a superuser, and a practice that has not authorised the channel is unreachable through it.

#What Orchestrate should not be asked to do

• Approve or release anything. There is no operation for it.
• Enumerate practices. The spec exposes no listing.
• Poll faster than the payer moves. Prior authorization is measured in days.