Developers Debate Identity Model for Agents Commenting on Users' Behalf
max__drake · x · 2026-11-11
Developer maxdrake is discussing on X which identity model AI agents should use when acting on a user's behalf, such as posting comments. He leans toward an "agent on behalf of user" pattern: the agent performs the commenting action, but does so through the user's account and only because the user instructed it, which he argues best reflects what is actually happening.
In a follow-up reply he notes that GitHub and other coding-related apps are among the few places using a "user + agent" dual-identity pattern, but questions how relevant that is to commenting, since code authorship matters far more than comment ownership. He asks whether others have run into this issue.
Related event: Debating UI Attribution When Agents Act via Human Accounts(2 posts)→
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