agent-native
What it means here
In this channel, agent-native describes products designed so that AI agents can act within them — reading, writing, and collaborating like another user. Explore Mike Krieger's argument for agent-native design at Anthropic Labs [^dd22bafc-74bc-5611-bcc7-a7b5d85893c1@0] and Proof, Every's collaborative editor built for humans and agents together [^6fa3b152-7803-5980-8bf0-36fdcc722a1c@0].
Two flavors from the Proof build
A key insight from Every's team: agent-native doesn't require an agent embedded in your product. There are two flavors: - Internal — an agent lives inside the product and can do anything in it. - External — any outside agent (like Claude) can connect and do anything in the product. Dan Shipper found the internal version weak — an embedded agent with no context isn't powerful. What works better is your own context-rich Claude joining the document as a co-author [^6fa3b152-7803-5980-8bf0-36fdcc722a1c@593].
Why it matters
Building agent-native shifts design attention to AX (agent experience) as much as UX — and agents themselves can tell you what confuses them [^6fa3b152-7803-5980-8bf0-36fdcc722a1c@1031].
- Agent-native = software designed for agents to act inside it, not just humans. - Two flavors: internal (embedded agent) and external (any agent can connect) — Proof favors external. - Designing for agents means treating agent experience (AX) as seriously as UX.