We need a simple open-source protocol which includes authentication and ability for agents to make payments. Essentially what you want is the ability for an agent to take a core action (as the article mentions, like adding a record to a CRM).
I fundamentally believe that human-oriented web apps are not the answer, and neither is REST. We need something purpose-built.
The challenge is, it has to be SIMPLE enough for people to easily implement in one day. And it needs to be open source to avoid the obvious problems with it being a for-profit enterprise.
This is the same dumb problem as always. Are you who you say you are and are you allowed to do such and such action?
There’s existing solutions but everything is its own special snowflake. Oauth is a lie, sso sometimes works. But sso doesn’t provide a differentiation between my employee and their broken script.
I fundamentally believe that human-oriented web apps are not the answer, and neither is REST. We need something purpose-built.
The challenge is, it has to be SIMPLE enough for people to easily implement in one day. And it needs to be open source to avoid the obvious problems with it being a for-profit enterprise.