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session_id: "1379052"
title: "Talk But Verify: human-in-the-loop for agents that actually matter"
phase: live
last_checked: 2026-11-12T13:24:21-08:00
render: 20261112-132421-c4d6ee
---

# Links: Talk But Verify: human-in-the-loop for agents that actually matter

## Speaker

**Michael Liendo**, Staff Developer Advocate, Auth0

- Site: [focusotter.com](https://www.focusotter.com/)
- LinkedIn: [focusotter](https://www.linkedin.com/in/focusotter/)
- X: [@focusotter](https://x.com/focusotter)
- GitHub: [FocusOtter](https://github.com/FocusOtter)

## Company

**[Auth0 for AI Agents](https://auth0.com/solutions/ship-ai-agents)**: "Learn how
developers can ship AI agents faster and more securely with Auth0." (from the
site)

## Resources

- **Product** · [Asynchronous Authorization](https://auth0.com/ai/docs/intro/asynchronous-authorization)
  (Auth0 docs). CIBA: the agent asks for consent by push, SMS or email outside
  the browser session, as in the cancel-booking demo.
- **Product** · [Token Vault](https://auth0.com/docs/secure/call-apis-on-users-behalf/token-vault)
  (Auth0 docs). Auth0 holds the connected account's tokens so the agent gets a
  scoped, short-lived one: the GitHub connection in the Party Animals demo.
- **Blog** · [Auth0 for AI Agents is Now Generally Available](https://auth0.com/blog/auth0-for-ai-agents-generally-available/)
  (Auth0, 2025-11-19). The product the demos run on.
- **Blog** · [Your AI Agent Doesn't Need Your Card Number](https://www.focusotter.com/articles/your-ai-agent-doesnt-need-your-card-number)
  (Focus Otter, 2026-07-28). His write-up of the payment section's three options:
  the card itself, a capped virtual card, or a Stripe Shared Payment Token.
- **Product** · [MPP](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/machine/mpp) (Stripe docs).
  Stripe's Machine Payments Protocol, the HTTP 402 flow behind the payment demo.
- **Product** · [x402](https://www.x402.org/). Coinbase's HTTP 402 protocol, the
  other side of the talk's comparison.

## Gaps

- His YouTube channel ([@focus_otter](https://www.youtube.com/@focus_otter), from
  the roster) answered, but the dossier has no slot for it.
- No repository for this talk's Party Animals demo; his public repos hold earlier
  editions only.
- The Vercel AI SDK step-limit docs were verified but left out (bounded at 6).
- OpenClaw and the Link app used for the virtual card were not linked.
- The live demos and closing raffle are heavily garbled in the recording.
- No official recording or slides found yet. The dossier rechecks every 6 hours
  during the event.