Authorization Belongs Inside the Agent Loop (Not at the Edge)
The primary claim I make in Why Authorization is the Hard Problem in Agentic AI is that static authorization models are insufficient for systems that plan, act, and replan over time. In agentic systems, authorization cannot be a one-time gate checked before execution begins. It must be evaluated as part of the agent’s control loop. In this post, I’ll walk through a concrete demo that shows what this looks like in practice. Using OpenClaw and Cedar, we modify the agent […]