LangChain's CEO on the open question of identity for internal company agents
hwchase17 · x · 2026-10-11
hwchase17 (LangChain) raises a key open question for building internal company agents: how should agent identity work? He outlines three candidate models: (1) a fixed set of credentials, (2) an "on behalf of" flow using whoever is using the agent's credentials, (3) a hybrid of both. The trade-offs touch least-privilege, attribution, and audit trails—decisions every team shipping enterprise agents must make.
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