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An AI agent isn't a user. So why are we giving it user credentials?

This story is from 2026-08-26. It is preserved in the archive; the latest stories are on the live feed.

I have been thinking about this while observing how agents are granted access to services such as GitHub, Jira, Slack, databases MCP tools and others. The straightforward pattern appears to be: User → Agent → Tools Thus, the agent simply inherits the permissions that belong to the user. However, wh…

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  1. 2026-08-26 12:39 · r/AI_Agents
    An AI agent isn't a user. So why are we giving it user credentials?

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