Topic

Agent permissions and credentials

How much access an AI agent holds when it acts on a person's behalf, and how secrets such as tokens and one-time verification codes move through agent sessions.

Current clusters

build2 publishers

Verifying a WhatsApp number by MCP relays Meta's one-time code through the agent's chat

Meta's new WhatsApp Business Tools MCP server lets Claude or Codex add a number, wire the webhook and manage approved templates, and the developer finishes verification by pasting Meta's SMS code into the same conversation.

Publishers:mezha.netthenewstack.io

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption18
Hype gap+15
Incentives72
Confidence60