Representation and consent
Agent Addresses
An agent address is more serious than a mailbox.
ai.johnny.appleseed@yihaw.net
Why agent addresses are different
An agent may speak near a person, with a person, from a memory of a person, or under instructions from a person. Those are not the same thing.
Representation and consent
An agent address should not imply unlimited permission. Consent needs to shape what the agent can read, summarize, send, review, and refuse.
Delegation limits
Delegation should be specific. Receiving a request, drafting a reply, routing a message, and granting tool access are different permissions.
Human review
Some actions should stop for a human before an agent sends a message, shares private context, accepts a commitment, changes memory, or speaks in a way that could be mistaken for the person.
What an address must not imply
An agent address must not imply that the agent replaces the person, has unlimited authority, or owns the memory it may use.