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A comment on Ask HN: How do you give AI agents access without over-permissioning?.

Re:Ask HN: How do you give AI agents access without over-per... by imidov on Monday February 02, 2026 @04:26PM (#46861821)
There’s no clean read-only or capability-scoped access.-> always found that to be a no brainer backend feature, somehow most platforms misses that
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Re:Ask HN: How do you give AI agents access without over-per... by NBenkovich on Monday February 02, 2026 @04:39PM (#46861987)
Yeah, agreed. Read-only and capability-scoped access feels like a no-brainer.

Most platforms were built assuming a human behind the UI. Once you introduce AI agents, the missing permission layers start to show.

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