This is the right framing: once an agent can move money or sign something, it's not a tool anymore, it's an actor — and actors need to be identifiable. The plain test for a small business is simple: would you let an agent you can't identify act on your company's behalf? No.
Your caveat matters too. A credential that only works inside one vendor's garden is a username, not an identity. The interesting question isn't just whether agents get IDs, it's who issues them, who can revoke them, and whether the ID follows the agent across systems.
Steven Mock
Founder of MockTools
This is the right framing: once an agent can move money or sign something, it's not a tool anymore, it's an actor — and actors need to be identifiable. The plain test for a small business is simple: would you let an agent you can't identify act on your company's behalf? No.
Your caveat matters too. A credential that only works inside one vendor's garden is a username, not an identity. The interesting question isn't just whether agents get IDs, it's who issues them, who can revoke them, and whether the ID follows the agent across systems.