Your AI Agent Shouldn't Hold Your OAuth Tokens
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An agent that can only chat is easy to contain. An agent that can read Gmail, open GitHub issues, update Notion, and send Slack messages is much more useful—and much harder to secure. The uncomfortable part is not the tool call itself. It is everything around it: Where does the OAuth refresh token live? Can the agent see it? Which actions may this particular agent execute? Which account does “send a message” refer to? Can you tell what happened after a failed run? What changes when the same…
1Key Takeaways
- An agent that can only chat is easy to contain.
- An agent that can read Gmail, open GitHub issues, update Notion, and send Slack messages is much more useful—and much harder to secure.
- The uncomfortable part is not the tool call itself.
- It is everything around it: Where does the OAuth refresh token live?
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3Why it matters
Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — AI reports that an agent that can only chat is easy to contain.
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