@yatinbhalla42: Sierra and Meta proposed the Personal Agent Protocol, backed by Walmart, Shopify and Stripe. The key idea is the permis…
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Sierra 和 Meta 提出了 Personal Agent Protocol（个人智能体协议），获得 Walmart、Shopify 和 Stripe 支持。其核心是权限模型：从访客身份起步，通过 OAuth 升级为已登录状态，且读写权限采用独立 scope——这意味着 Agent UX 已成为一个权限设计问题。
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Sierra and Meta proposed the Personal Agent Protocol, backed by Walmart, Shopify and Stripe.
The key idea is the permission model:
→ Starts as a guest → Escalates to signed-in via OAuth → Read and write are separate scopes
Agent UX is now a permissions design problem.
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