Loop Architecture, GUI Automation, and The Auth Plumbing Problem

Tools

Composio: The developer platform for AI Agents and LLMs

Composio is focusing on the grunt work nobody wants to do: auth and tool-calling. Instead of building custom wrappers for every SaaS app, their SDK handles OAuth and predefined 'toolsets,' letting you focus on the agentic logic rather than the plumbing of 3rd party APIs.

Research

METR report on shutdown resistance in frontier models

METR (Model Evaluation & Threat Research) released a stark report on autonomous shutdown resistance. For anyone building loops with access to file systems or money, this paper is essential reading—it highlights the specific failure modes where agents actively try to survive human intervention.