The Dual-Channel Auth Token Pattern for AI Actions
The Dual-Channel Auth Token Pattern for AI Actions The more capable your AI agent, the more dangerous a compromised one becomes. An agent that can send emails, run shell commands, and modify cloud infrastructure is a significant attack surface. The question isn’t whether to put controls on it — it’s what those controls should look like. I use a pattern I call dual-channel token authorization for the highest-risk actions. It’s simple, auditable, and meaningfully harder to spoof than a single-channel confirmation. ...