# Curating queues beats approving actions

DevFeed: [Curating queues beats approving actions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/curating-queues-beats-approving-actions-16012.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://workos.com/blog/curating-queues-beats-approving-actions>)

Author: WorkOS

Published: 2026-08-27T14:28:13Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [WorkOS Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/workos-blog.md>)

Topics: [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [permission](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/permission.md>), [queue](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/queue.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that continuous agents make one-action-at-a-time permission prompts impractical. For reversible work, it proposes generating a surplus of candidates, placing them in a queue, and having a human select which work to pursue.

## Source excerpt

The permission prompt breaks down once an agent works continuously. What replaces it is curation: a surplus of candidates, a queue, and a human who picks.