most of the conversation around AI agents is about what they can do. faster, smarter, more autonomous. but i've been thinking about the other side of that question.
when you're building with agents, at some point you have to draw a line. this agent can read but not write. it can suggest but not send. it can book but not pay. somewhere, someone made that call.
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most auth setups issue a JWT and move on. the token is valid, the user is in, done.
but here's the scenario nobody wants to think about: the token gets stolen. maybe a compromised device, a leaked log, a man-in-the-middle on an untrusted network. doesn't matter how. it's out there now.
you want your AI agent to work without friction. you also want your platform to be secure. but here's the thing, those two goals are in direct conflict the moment a non-human actor shows up at your door.
most platforms weren't designed with agents in mind. so when an agent tries to access something, it either borrows a human's credentials which gives it too much, or gets blocked entirely which defeats the purpose.
