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AI agents are being asked to use software that was never designed for them.

Every dashboard, form, and workflow on the web was built for human eyes and human clicks.

But agents don't need to see everything.

They need to take action.

Yet today, an agent often has to load an entire page, understand the UI, find the right button, and figure out what it's allowed to do.

That makes agent workflows:

→ Slow
→ Expensive
→ Brittle

One UI change can break the entire workflow.

The problem isn't the agent.

We're making agents interact with software through a layer designed for humans.

Software needs a way to expose its capabilities directly to agents.

Not through a screen.

Directly.

What's one workflow you've seen an AI agent struggle with?

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