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AI coding agents are getting longer runs, more context, and more ways to touch production workflows, but this week made the real bottleneck obvious: authorization. Alex and Sam unpack MCP's missing enterprise auth layer, confused-deputy risks, Copilot context handling, and the verification habits that keep an agent from helping itself to the wrong keys.
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Claude Code Cast
AI World · Tech & Science · English
A weekly podcast covering everything Claude Code — from the latest Anthropic updates and AI coding news to practical tips, prompt strategies, and workflow optimization. Hosts Alex and Sam break down what matters for developers using AI coding tools, AI Agents, Agentic AI, compare the competitive lan
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