Stop putting chatbots in your app: give agents a CLI instead
ccerrato147 · x · 2026-09-26
The author argues against embedding concierge chatbots in apps: users arrive with their own agents that already run their email and terminal, and those agents want to operate your product via a CLI. "An app without a CLI is a room the butler can't enter."
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