AI agents still spend too much time waiting for permission prompts
joshalbrecht · x · 2026-07-23
The author argues that the industry should have moved beyond manually approving permission prompts.
The underlying point is that AI agent workflows are still too often gated by repetitive confirmation dialogs, and the next step is to make permission handling more automatic and less intrusive for real work.
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