# Kevin Coleman on why approvals are the hard part of enterprise agents

DevFeed: [Kevin Coleman on why approvals are the hard part of enterprise agents](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kevin-coleman-on-why-approvals-are-the-hard-part-of-enterprise-agents-16025.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://workos.com/blog/kevin-coleman-ravenna-approvals-enterprise-agents>)

Author: WorkOS

Published: 2026-08-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

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

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [enterprise](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/enterprise.md>), [integrations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integrations.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

At AI Engineer World's Fair 2026, Ravenna co-founder Kevin Coleman discusses why enterprise agent approvals must be tied to the specific resources an automation can affect. The conversation covers determinism, integrations, and the risks of applying broad workflow-level permissions to systems such as payroll, insurance, and Google Groups.

## Source excerpt

Ravenna co-founder Kevin Coleman talks to Michael Grinich at AI Engineer World's Fair 2026 about resource-level approvals, determinism, and agent integrations.