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Designing APIs for Agents

https://www.freestyle.sh/blog/opinion/designing-apis-for-agents
20•benswerd•2d ago

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esafak•1h ago
First time I'm hearing about https://agentauthprotocol.com/ and https://workos.com/auth-md

MCP and A2A weren't enough?

benswerd•1h ago
MCP Auth is just Oauth, its designed for humans to authenticate their sessions for connections.

TBH I know nothing about A2A.

Agent Identity and Authz is a different problem, allowing agents to operate independently from humans with granular permissions is coming/whether from these protocols or others, and when it does I think CLIs/CLI Device Auth which is used as a rough proxy for this where the agent just takes your identity will finally go away.

mohamedkoubaa•1h ago
>Defaults are bad. Agents can be expected to read the documentation, register what good starting values are, and fill them all in, in place.

This is not what defaults are for.

If, for example, you are writing a replacement CLI for git, *for the love of God and all that is holy* do not force agents to read the entire documentation and pass a value for every possible parameter

benswerd•58m ago
Why not?

The docs for git clone at https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone are less than 4000 tokens, I don't think this is unreasonable.

CoolestBeans•7m ago
Because the defaults aren't just for convenience, the API designer is also making the parameters they think should be used the most have the least resistance. Good example is runtime parameters like in the JVM. You shouldn't start with having to tune your JVM, you probably want a middle of the road place to start with even if you know you're going to tune it.

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448•vimarsh6739•3h ago•109 comments

Grok Build

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99•skp1995•1h ago•106 comments

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273•rvz•18h ago•145 comments

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https://developer.puter.com/labs/firefox-wasm/
32•coolelectronics•1h ago•14 comments

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200•neomindryan•6h ago•118 comments

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https://economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/2026-07/speculative_growth_AI_public.pdf
14•johnbarron•24m ago•2 comments

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66•spacemarine1•2h ago•12 comments

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51•benswerd•2h ago•6 comments

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35•lsferreira42•2h ago•11 comments

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15•BirAdam•2d ago•0 comments

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222•theanonymousone•8h ago•112 comments

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116•nonadhocproblem•6h ago•38 comments

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11•bilsbie•47m ago•0 comments

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18•samclemens•23h ago•1 comments

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259•ramon156•10h ago•209 comments

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16•KingJoker•1d ago•2 comments

Designing APIs for Agents

https://www.freestyle.sh/blog/opinion/designing-apis-for-agents
21•benswerd•2d ago•5 comments

The End of Creativity

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150•evakhoury•7h ago•75 comments

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94•vshulcz•5h ago•20 comments

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76•birdculture•3d ago•5 comments

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143•gmays•7h ago•301 comments

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133•ristello•9h ago•89 comments