AI CHANGE DESK | EP039: WHOSE ACCOUNT DID THE AGENT USE?

EPISODE SUMMARY

An employee asks an AI agent to send a file. The employee is allowed to run the agent, the connector accepts the request, and every dashboard turns green. But the connector authenticates with the account of the person who built the agent six months ago.

Whose authority actually moved the work?

This episode extends the receipt framework from episodes thirty-seven and thirty-eight. Michael separates audience permission, credential capability, organizational purpose, and action approval; explains why disclosure is necessary but incomplete; and introduces a paired authority-and-privacy receipt for connected agent workflows.

The operating principle is simple: the agent has a name, but the credential carries the authority. A useful audit trail mu ...