diff --git a/docs/a2a.md b/docs/a2a.md
index be3e882c..dfe6cc02 100644
--- a/docs/a2a.md
+++ b/docs/a2a.md
@@ -94,3 +94,44 @@ Configure via environment variable:
 ```bash
 export A2A_MAX_CONTEXTS=1000
 ```
+
+## Security
+
+By default, the A2A agent runs without authenticationto. For production deployments, you should add authentication.
+
+### Adding Authentication
+
+The `create_a2a_app()` function accepts optional security parameters that declare authentication requirements in the agent card:
+
+```python
+from haiku.rag.a2a import create_a2a_app
+
+app = create_a2a_app(
+    db_path,
+    security_schemes={
+        "apiKeyAuth": {
+            "type": "apiKey",
+            "in": "header",
+            "name": "X-API-Key",
+            "description": "API key authentication",
+        }
+    },
+    security=[{"apiKeyAuth": []}],
+)
+```
+
+This populates the agent card at `/.well-known/agent-card.json` so other agents can discover your authentication requirements.
+
+### Security Examples
+
+Three working examples are provided in `examples/a2a-security/`:
+
+1. **API Key** (`apikey_example.py`) - Simple header-based authentication
+2. **OAuth2 GitHub** (`oauth2_github.py`) - GitHub Personal Access Token authentication
+3. **OAuth2 Enterprise** (`oauth2_example.py`) - Full OAuth2 with JWT verification
+
+Each example shows:
+
+- How to declare security in the agent card
+- How to implement authentication middleware
+- How to verify credentials
diff --git a/examples/a2a-security/apikey_example.py b/examples/a2a-security/apikey_example.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c37981ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/a2a-security/apikey_example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+"""Example: Adding API Key authentication to haiku.rag A2A agent.
+
+Simple header-based authentication suitable for internal services and development.
+Perfect for getting started with A2A authentication.
+
+Setup:
+    # Run with default key
+    python apikey_example.py /path/to/database.lancedb
+
+    # Or use your own key
+    export API_KEY='your-secret-key'
+    python apikey_example.py /path/to/database.lancedb
+
+Usage:
+    # Make authenticated request (default key is demo-key-12345)
+    curl -H "X-API-Key: demo-key-12345" \
+         -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+         -X POST http://localhost:8000/ \
+         -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"message/send","params":{"contextId":"test","message":{"kind":"message","role":"user","messageId":"msg-1","parts":[{"kind":"text","text":"What is Python?"}]}},"id":1}'
+"""
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException
+from starlette.responses import JSONResponse
+from starlette.status import HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
+
+from haiku.rag.a2a import create_a2a_app
+
+# API Key Configuration - In production, use environment variables or a secure key store
+API_KEY_NAME = "X-API-Key"
+VALID_API_KEY = os.getenv("API_KEY", "demo-key-12345")
+
+
+def verify_api_key(api_key: str | None) -> str:
+    """Verify API key from request header.
+
+    Args:
+        api_key: API key from X-API-Key header
+
+    Returns:
+        The verified API key
+
+    Raises:
+        HTTPException: If API key is missing or invalid
+    """
+    if not api_key:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Missing API key",
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": f'ApiKey realm="{API_KEY_NAME}"'},
+        )
+
+    if api_key != VALID_API_KEY:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Invalid API key",
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": f'ApiKey realm="{API_KEY_NAME}"'},
+        )
+
+    return api_key
+
+
+def create_secure_a2a_app(db_path: Path):
+    """Create A2A app with API key authentication.
+
+    Args:
+        db_path: Path to LanceDB database
+
+    Returns:
+        FastA2A application with API key security
+    """
+    # Create app with security declared in AgentCard
+    app = create_a2a_app(
+        db_path,
+        security_schemes={
+            "apiKeyAuth": {
+                "type": "apiKey",
+                "in": "header",
+                "name": API_KEY_NAME,
+                "description": "API key authentication",
+            }
+        },
+        security=[{"apiKeyAuth": []}],
+    )
+
+    # Add authentication middleware
+    @app.middleware("http")
+    async def authenticate_request(request, call_next):
+        """Middleware to verify API key on all requests."""
+        # Skip authentication for well-known endpoints
+        if request.url.path in [
+            "/.well-known/agent-card.json",
+            "/health",
+            "/docs",
+            "/openapi.json",
+        ]:
+            return await call_next(request)
+
+        # Verify API key
+        api_key = request.headers.get(API_KEY_NAME)
+        try:
+            verify_api_key(api_key)
+        except HTTPException as e:
+            return JSONResponse(
+                status_code=e.status_code,
+                content={"detail": e.detail},
+                headers=e.headers or {},
+            )
+
+        # Continue with request
+        return await call_next(request)
+
+    return app
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+
+    import uvicorn
+
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Usage: python apikey_example.py <path-to-database.lancedb>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    db_path = Path(sys.argv[1])
+    app = create_secure_a2a_app(db_path)
+
+    uvicorn.run(app, host="127.0.0.1", port=8000)
diff --git a/examples/a2a-security/oauth2_example.py b/examples/a2a-security/oauth2_example.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6caa4627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/a2a-security/oauth2_example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+"""Example: Adding OAuth2 authentication to haiku.rag A2A agent.
+
+This example demonstrates OAuth2 client credentials flow with JWT token verification.
+Suitable for enterprise environments with existing OAuth2 infrastructure.
+
+Requirements:
+    uv pip install python-jose[cryptography]
+
+Setup:
+    1. Set up an OAuth2 provider (Auth0, Okta, Azure AD, Keycloak, etc.)
+    2. Create an API and a machine-to-machine application
+    3. Get the token URL and public key from your provider
+    4. Set environment variables:
+       export OAUTH2_TOKEN_URL='https://your-auth.example.com/oauth/token'
+       export OAUTH2_PUBLIC_KEY='-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----...'
+
+Usage:
+    python oauth2_example.py /path/to/database.lancedb
+
+    # Get access token from your OAuth2 provider:
+    TOKEN=$(curl -X POST $OAUTH2_TOKEN_URL \
+      -d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
+      -d "client_id=your-client-id" \
+      -d "client_secret=your-client-secret" \
+      -d "scope=read:documents query:documents" \
+      | jq -r '.access_token')
+
+    # Make authenticated request:
+    curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+         -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+         -X POST http://localhost:8000/ \
+         -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"message/send","params":{"contextId":"test","message":{"kind":"message","role":"user","messageId":"msg-1","parts":[{"kind":"text","text":"What is Python?"}]}},"id":1}'
+"""
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from jose import JWTError, jwt
+from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException
+from starlette.responses import JSONResponse
+from starlette.status import (
+    HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+    HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+    HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+)
+
+from haiku.rag.a2a import create_a2a_app
+
+# OAuth2 Configuration
+OAUTH2_TOKEN_URL = os.getenv(
+    "OAUTH2_TOKEN_URL", "https://your-auth.example.com/oauth/token"
+)
+OAUTH2_AUTH_URL = os.getenv(
+    "OAUTH2_AUTH_URL", "https://your-auth.example.com/oauth/authorize"
+)
+OAUTH2_PUBLIC_KEY = os.getenv("OAUTH2_PUBLIC_KEY", "")
+OAUTH2_ALGORITHM = os.getenv("OAUTH2_ALGORITHM", "RS256")
+
+# Define required scopes for each skill
+SKILL_SCOPES = {
+    "document-qa": ["read:documents", "query:documents"],
+}
+
+
+def verify_token(token: str) -> dict:
+    """Verify JWT token from OAuth2 provider.
+
+    Args:
+        token: JWT token from Authorization header
+
+    Returns:
+        Dictionary with user info and scopes
+
+    Raises:
+        HTTPException: If token is invalid or expired
+    """
+    credentials_exception = HTTPException(
+        status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+        detail="Could not validate credentials",
+        headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+    )
+
+    if not OAUTH2_PUBLIC_KEY:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            detail="OAuth2 public key not configured",
+        )
+
+    try:
+        payload = jwt.decode(
+            token,
+            OAUTH2_PUBLIC_KEY,
+            algorithms=[OAUTH2_ALGORITHM],
+        )
+
+        username: str | None = payload.get("sub")
+        scopes: list[str] = (
+            payload.get("scope", "").split()
+            if isinstance(payload.get("scope"), str)
+            else payload.get("scope", [])
+        )
+
+        if username is None:
+            raise credentials_exception
+
+        return {"username": username, "scopes": scopes}
+
+    except JWTError as e:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail=f"Invalid token: {str(e)}",
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+        ) from e
+
+
+def check_skill_permissions(skill_id: str, credentials: dict) -> None:
+    """Verify that user has required scopes for a skill.
+
+    Args:
+        skill_id: The skill being accessed
+        credentials: User credentials with scopes
+
+    Raises:
+        HTTPException: If user lacks required permissions
+    """
+    required_scopes = SKILL_SCOPES.get(skill_id, [])
+    user_scopes = credentials.get("scopes", [])
+
+    missing_scopes = [scope for scope in required_scopes if scope not in user_scopes]
+
+    if missing_scopes:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+            detail=f"Missing required scopes: {', '.join(missing_scopes)} for skill: {skill_id}",
+        )
+
+
+def create_secure_a2a_app(db_path: Path):
+    """Create A2A app with OAuth2 authentication.
+
+    Args:
+        db_path: Path to LanceDB database
+
+    Returns:
+        FastA2A application with OAuth2 security
+    """
+    # Create app with security declared in AgentCard
+    app = create_a2a_app(
+        db_path,
+        security_schemes={
+            "oauth2": {
+                "type": "oauth2",
+                "flows": {
+                    "clientCredentials": {
+                        "tokenUrl": OAUTH2_TOKEN_URL,
+                        "scopes": {
+                            "read:documents": "Read document content",
+                            "query:documents": "Search and query documents",
+                        },
+                    }
+                },
+                "description": "OAuth2 client credentials flow",
+            }
+        },
+        security=[{"oauth2": ["read:documents", "query:documents"]}],
+    )
+
+    # Add authentication middleware
+    @app.middleware("http")
+    async def authenticate_request(request, call_next):
+        """Middleware to verify OAuth2 token on all requests."""
+        # Skip authentication for well-known endpoints
+        if request.url.path in [
+            "/.well-known/agent-card.json",
+            "/health",
+            "/docs",
+            "/openapi.json",
+        ]:
+            return await call_next(request)
+
+        # Get token from Authorization header
+        auth_header = request.headers.get("Authorization", "")
+        if not auth_header.startswith("Bearer "):
+            return JSONResponse(
+                status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+                content={"detail": "Missing or invalid Authorization header"},
+                headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+            )
+
+        token = auth_header[7:]  # Remove "Bearer " prefix
+
+        # Verify token
+        try:
+            credentials = verify_token(token)
+            # Attach credentials to request state for use in handlers
+            request.state.credentials = credentials
+        except HTTPException as e:
+            return JSONResponse(
+                status_code=e.status_code,
+                content={"detail": e.detail},
+                headers=e.headers or {},
+            )
+
+        # Continue with request
+        return await call_next(request)
+
+    return app
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+
+    import uvicorn
+
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Usage: python oauth2_example.py <path-to-database.lancedb>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    db_path = Path(sys.argv[1])
+    app = create_secure_a2a_app(db_path)
+
+    uvicorn.run(app, host="127.0.0.1", port=8000)
diff --git a/examples/a2a-security/oauth2_github.py b/examples/a2a-security/oauth2_github.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2b10a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/a2a-security/oauth2_github.py
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+"""Example: Using GitHub Personal Access Tokens for authentication.
+
+This is a simplified OAuth2 example that uses GitHub Personal Access Tokens.
+It's much easier to set up than full OAuth2 and perfect for testing.
+
+Setup:
+    1. Go to https://github.com/settings/tokens
+    2. Click "Generate new token (classic)"
+    3. Give it a name and select scopes
+    4. Copy the generated token
+
+Usage:
+    export GITHUB_TOKENS="your_github_token_here"
+    python oauth2_github.py /path/to/database.lancedb
+
+    # Make authenticated request:
+    curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ghp_your_token" \
+         -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+         -X POST http://localhost:8000/ \
+         -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"message/send","params":{"contextId":"test","message":{"kind":"message","role":"user","messageId":"msg-1","parts":[{"kind":"text","text":"What is Python?"}]}},"id":1}'
+"""
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import httpx
+from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException
+from starlette.responses import JSONResponse
+from starlette.status import HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
+
+from haiku.rag.a2a import create_a2a_app
+
+# Configuration
+GITHUB_API_URL = "https://api.github.com"
+ALLOWED_TOKENS = (
+    set(os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKENS", "").split(","))
+    if os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKENS")
+    else set()
+)
+
+
+async def verify_github_token(token: str) -> dict:
+    """Verify GitHub Personal Access Token by calling GitHub API.
+
+    Args:
+        token: GitHub Personal Access Token (starts with ghp_)
+
+    Returns:
+        Dictionary with user info
+
+    Raises:
+        HTTPException: If token is invalid
+    """
+    if not token.startswith("ghp_") and not token.startswith("github_pat_"):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Invalid GitHub token format",
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+        )
+
+    # If we have a list of allowed tokens, check against it
+    if ALLOWED_TOKENS and token not in ALLOWED_TOKENS:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Token not in allowed list",
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+        )
+
+    # Verify token with GitHub API
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        try:
+            response = await client.get(
+                f"{GITHUB_API_URL}/user",
+                headers={
+                    "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}",
+                    "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
+                    "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
+                },
+                timeout=5.0,
+            )
+
+            if response.status_code == 401:
+                raise HTTPException(
+                    status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+                    detail="Invalid or expired GitHub token",
+                    headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+                )
+
+            if response.status_code != 200:
+                raise HTTPException(
+                    status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+                    detail=f"GitHub API error: {response.status_code}",
+                    headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+                )
+
+            user_data = response.json()
+            return {
+                "username": user_data.get("login"),
+                "email": user_data.get("email"),
+                "name": user_data.get("name"),
+                "github_id": user_data.get("id"),
+            }
+
+        except httpx.TimeoutException:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+                detail="GitHub API timeout",
+                headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+            )
+        except httpx.RequestError as e:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+                detail=f"Failed to verify token with GitHub: {str(e)}",
+                headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+            )
+
+
+def create_secure_a2a_app(db_path: Path):
+    """Create A2A app with GitHub token authentication.
+
+    Args:
+        db_path: Path to LanceDB database
+
+    Returns:
+        FastA2A application with GitHub authentication
+    """
+    # Create app with security declared in AgentCard
+    app = create_a2a_app(
+        db_path,
+        security_schemes={
+            "githubAuth": {
+                "type": "http",
+                "scheme": "bearer",
+                "description": "GitHub Personal Access Token authentication",
+            }
+        },
+        security=[{"githubAuth": []}],
+    )
+
+    @app.middleware("http")
+    async def authenticate_request(request, call_next):
+        """Middleware to verify GitHub token on all requests."""
+        # Skip authentication for well-known endpoints
+        if request.url.path in [
+            "/.well-known/agent-card.json",
+            "/health",
+            "/docs",
+            "/openapi.json",
+        ]:
+            return await call_next(request)
+
+        # Get token from Authorization header
+        auth_header = request.headers.get("Authorization", "")
+        if not auth_header.startswith("Bearer "):
+            return JSONResponse(
+                status_code=HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+                content={"detail": "Missing or invalid Authorization header"},
+                headers={"WWW-Authenticate": 'Bearer realm="GitHub"'},
+            )
+
+        token = auth_header[7:]  # Remove "Bearer " prefix
+
+        # Verify token
+        try:
+            user_data = await verify_github_token(token)
+            # Attach user data to request state
+            request.state.user = user_data
+        except HTTPException as e:
+            return JSONResponse(
+                status_code=e.status_code,
+                content={"detail": e.detail},
+                headers=e.headers or {},
+            )
+
+        # Continue with request
+        return await call_next(request)
+
+    return app
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+
+    import uvicorn
+
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Usage: python oauth2_github.py <path-to-database.lancedb>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    db_path = Path(sys.argv[1])
+    app = create_secure_a2a_app(db_path)
+
+    uvicorn.run(app, host="127.0.0.1", port=8000)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b117b8d4..15caf15c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.build]
-exclude = ["/docs", "/tests", "/.github"]
+exclude = ["/docs", "/examples", "/tests", "/.github"]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/haiku"]
diff --git a/src/haiku/rag/a2a/__init__.py b/src/haiku/rag/a2a/__init__.py
index 06a5467c..0467deac 100644
--- a/src/haiku/rag/a2a/__init__.py
+++ b/src/haiku/rag/a2a/__init__.py
@@ -42,11 +42,17 @@ __all__ = [
 ]
 
 
-def create_a2a_app(db_path: Path):
+def create_a2a_app(
+    db_path: Path,
+    security_schemes: dict | None = None,
+    security: list[dict[str, list[str]]] | None = None,
+):
     """Create an A2A app for the conversational QA agent.
 
     Args:
         db_path: Path to the LanceDB database
+        security_schemes: Optional security scheme definitions for the AgentCard
+        security: Optional security requirements for the AgentCard
 
     Returns:
         A FastA2A ASGI application
@@ -133,7 +139,7 @@ def create_a2a_app(db_path: Path):
             async with worker.run():
                 yield
 
-    return FastA2A(
+    app = FastA2A(
         storage=storage,
         broker=broker,
         name="haiku-rag",
@@ -141,3 +147,44 @@ def create_a2a_app(db_path: Path):
         skills=get_agent_skills(),
         lifespan=lifespan,
     )
+
+    # Add security configuration if provided
+    if security_schemes or security:
+        # Monkey-patch the agent card endpoint to include security
+        async def _agent_card_endpoint_with_security(request):
+            from fasta2a.schema import AgentCapabilities, AgentCard, agent_card_ta
+            from starlette.responses import Response
+
+            if app._agent_card_json_schema is None:
+                agent_card = AgentCard(
+                    name=app.name,
+                    description=app.description
+                    or "An AI agent exposed as an A2A agent.",
+                    url=app.url,
+                    version=app.version,
+                    protocol_version="0.3.0",
+                    skills=app.skills,
+                    default_input_modes=app.default_input_modes,
+                    default_output_modes=app.default_output_modes,
+                    capabilities=AgentCapabilities(
+                        streaming=False,
+                        push_notifications=False,
+                        state_transition_history=False,
+                    ),
+                )
+                if app.provider is not None:
+                    agent_card["provider"] = app.provider
+                if security_schemes:
+                    agent_card["security_schemes"] = security_schemes
+                if security:
+                    agent_card["security"] = security
+                app._agent_card_json_schema = agent_card_ta.dump_json(
+                    agent_card, by_alias=True
+                )
+            return Response(
+                content=app._agent_card_json_schema, media_type="application/json"
+            )
+
+        app._agent_card_endpoint = _agent_card_endpoint_with_security
+
+    return app