The end of credential sprawl for agents
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Summary
Vercel announced a new approach to eliminate credential sprawl for AI agents, addressing the risk of long-lived tokens used to access external services like Slack, GitHub, Snowflake, and internal APIs.
Key facts
- Vercel announced the end of credential sprawl for agents on 2026-08-25.
- Agents commonly post to Slack, open pull requests, query Snowflake, or call internal APIs.
- Granting agent access previously required provisioning a long-lived token.
Why it matters
Developers building agents must manage credentials for multiple external services, and long-lived tokens create persistent security exposure. This change targets that risk for teams integrating agents with Slack, GitHub, Snowflake, or internal APIs.
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- VercelOfficial · PrimaryThe end of credential sprawl for agents · By Hedi ZandiRead at Vercel