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Leases, Not Switches: Rethinking Permission Models for AI Agents

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Most AI agent frameworks model permissions as switches: can-read-files yes/no, granted once, permanent until someone remembers to revoke. hmharness — an open-source (MIT) agent framework for HarmonyOS/OpenHarmony development — replaces this with a lease model built around a Capability Broker. The e…

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  1. 2026-10-26 19:37 · DEV Community — AI
    Leases, Not Switches: Rethinking Permission Models for AI Agents

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