# How credential issuance controls software built by legal teams with agent CLIs

DevFeed: [How credential issuance controls software built by legal teams with agent CLIs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-legal-team-is-shipping-software-now-who-reviews-its-permissions-16026.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://workos.com/blog/legal-team-shipping-software-agent-permissions>)

Author: WorkOS

Published: 2026-08-06T16:29:26Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [GitHub Copilot CLI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-copilot-cli.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Code review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-review.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [code-review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-review.md>), [copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/copilot.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary examines how legal and other non-engineering teams use agent CLIs to build software, arguing that credential issuance and access controls are more important security control points than code review for tools that may never enter a pull-request workflow.

## Source excerpt

Agent CLIs turned every department into a builder. The control point for the tools they ship is credential issuance, not code review. Here's the paved path.