The missing layer: What your APIs need before agents can use them - Jamie White | PlatformCon 2026

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The SDLC is being rebuilt around a team of agents. Agents make probabilistic decisions about your APIs, and each hits the same wall: Context. Humans close that gap by asking a colleague. Agents can’t. The context that makes an API usable doesn’t live in a spec. And context isn't a file you ship once. It ages, drifts, and quietly poisons every agent decision when nobody owns keeping it current - Learn more about this session: https://platformcon.com/sessions/the-missing-layer-what-your-apis-need-before-agents-can-use-them-ldn - Get your copy of the book, Thinking in Platforms: https://weaveintelligence.io/thinking-in-platforms-book - Continue your platform engineering journey with Platform Engineering University: https://university.platformengineering.org Thanks for joining PlatformCon, the world's largest platform engineering conference. See you at the next one!

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