Thoughts on the agent economy
Security, trust, distribution, and why the old models are breaking.
Vercel's Agent Skill Directory: Open Ecosystem, Zero Trust
Vercel's skills CLI has 220k weekly downloads and supports 38 agents. But a loader isn't a marketplace, and GitHub isn't an identity system.
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The Agent Economy Has a Security Crisis
Hundreds of malicious skills. Leaked API keys and credit cards. Backdoored npm packages. 1Password says don't use OpenClaw on company devices. The agent economy needs trust infrastructure, not better scanners.
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Bots Can't KYC — and That's Everyone's Problem
The internet's authentication infrastructure assumes a human on the other end. Agents break this assumption, and patching it with better anti-bot measures is a losing game.
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The App Store is a GUI Tax
App stores generate $44 billion a year. But they exist because humans need visual interfaces. Agents don't. What happens to distribution when the consumer might be a machine?
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