Stop Credentialing Your AI Agents Like It's 2019

The article argues AI agents should not be credentialed with static keys, long-lived tokens, or broad IAM roles.

Instead, it promotes a broker model that issues ephemeral credentials when an agent starts a task and revokes them when the task ends.

This task-scoped approach can reduce attack surface, limit misuse if credentials are stolen, and curb identity sprawl.

It also promises simpler future IAM management compared with registry-style setups that leave agents holding standing access.