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What agents need from APIs
Agent-ready APIs are not only about endpoints. They need clear states, predictable errors, and safe ways to undo work.
EPElena Park
The editorial desk

Agent-ready APIs are not only about endpoints. They need clear states, predictable errors, and safe ways to undo work.

More tokens are useful. Knowing which context deserves attention is the deeper product problem.

A transcript tells you what an agent said. Observability should tell you why it acted and whether the workflow worked.

Human involvement is not a binary setting. It is a design spectrum that should match the risk and reversibility of the task.