fix(ack-id): bind signed A2A messages with aud recipient

[kutluhaneth46]

Summary

Fixes #224. Signed A2A messages can now carry an aud claim and verification honors the caller did, matching the handshake path.

• createSignedA2AMessage accepts optional recipient and embeds it as JWT aud
• verifyA2ASignedMessage passes audience: did to verifyJwt
• README example and minor changeset updated

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Test plan

• pnpm --filter @agentcommercekit/ack-id exec vitest run src/a2a/sign-message.test.ts src/a2a/verify.test.ts — 27/27 pass

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Signed A2A messages can include a recipient DID in the JWT audience claim.
  • Verification now enforces that the audience matches the verifying agent’s DID; messages without a required audience claim fail verification.

• Documentation

  • Updated guidance covers recipient-bound signing and audience requirements.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for audience claims and recipient-matching verification.

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Walkthrough

The change adds optional recipient binding to signed A2A messages. Signing stores the recipient DID in the JWT aud claim. Verification passes the agent DID to JWT audience validation. Tests, documentation, and a changeset cover the behavior.

Changes

A2A recipient binding

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Sign recipient audience packages/ack-id/src/a2a/sign-message.ts, packages/ack-id/src/a2a/sign-message.test.ts, packages/ack-id/README.md	SignMessageOptions accepts an optional recipient. createSignedA2AMessage includes it as the JWT aud claim. Tests and examples cover recipient-bound messages.
Verify recipient audience packages/ack-id/src/a2a/verify.ts, packages/ack-id/src/a2a/verify.test.ts, .changeset/a2a-signed-message-aud.md	verifyA2ASignedMessage passes did as the JWT audience and retains issuer validation. Tests and the changeset record the updated verification behavior.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f76dc

The change binds signed messages to their intended recipient and is mergeable based on the supplied review context.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 4 files. (1 skipped: 1…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: binding signed A2A messages to a recipient through the JWT aud claim.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #224 requires recipient binding for signed A2A messages. createSignedA2AMessage adds the optional recipient DID as JWT aud. verifyA2ASignedMessage passes audience: did to verifyJwt, so…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within Issue #224. Source changes implement recipient binding. Tests cover the new behavior. README and changeset updates document the API and release impact. No unrelated implementat…

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/ack-id/README.md`:
- Line 179: Update the verification comment near verifyA2ASignedMessage to state
that signed-message verification always requires an aud value, removing the
implication that it is only required when a recipient was set.

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[kutluhaneth46]

Updated the README verify comment: signed-message verification always requires aud matching did (tokens without aud fail closed even if recipient was omitted at sign time).