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An Agent’s Plan Isn’t Permission

Community description: When a coding agent investigates a production bug, it might need to read a repository, query logs,...

Dev.to | Oct 14, 2026 | dev.to staff

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Intent-based authorization uses that purpose and context to determine access for each task. It evaluates the requested access against the permissions of the person or system that assigned the task, the agent’s assigned purpose, and organizational policy. Those limits extend beyond access because an agent can pursue a legitimate task badly.

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