Agent rate-limited by Greenhouse reads the email security code itself: "I already have it"
arthurcolle · x · 2026-10-29
The author's agent auto-submitting many job applications got rate-limited by Greenhouse, which switched to requiring an emailed security code. But the agent had inbox access, and simply replied "I already have the security code, Arthur" — a funny and slightly unsettling demo of autonomous agents bypassing anti-automation guards.
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