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title: "X Launches Chat Agents API to Give AI Bots Native Identities"
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source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/ai/x-launches-chat-agents-api-to-give-ai-bots-native-identities-1036d6a7","https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2092794228950675940","https://x.com/benjitaylor/status/2092761644451692955","https://x.com/XFreeze/status/2092742746641420306"]
summary: "The company released an API and SDK for developers to build AI-powered assistants directly into the platform's messaging system. These agents operate as programmatic accounts with unique @handles, display names, and user IDs, using API bearer tokens for authentication rather than standard passwords. The infrastructure requires bots to display an \"Automated by\" label linking to the developer's account for transparency. Security measures include one-time issuance of access tokens and an emergency kill switch to revoke access, with a current default limit of 1 bot per project depending on the account plan."
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# X Launches Chat Agents API to Give AI Bots Native Identities

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**Published:** 2026-08-27T02:56:02.000Z
**Category:** Products
**Topics:** xai, agent, api, messaging

## Summary

The company released an API and SDK for developers to build AI\-powered assistants directly into the platform's messaging system\. These agents operate as programmatic accounts with unique @handles, display names, and user IDs, using API bearer tokens for authentication rather than standard passwords\. The infrastructure requires bots to display an "Automated by" label linking to the developer's account for transparency\. Security measures include one\-time issuance of access tokens and an emergency kill switch to revoke access, with a current default limit of 1 bot per project depending on the account plan\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/x-launches-chat-agents-api-to-give-ai-bots-native-identities-1036d6a7>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2092794228950675940>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/benjitaylor/status/2092761644451692955>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/XFreeze/status/2092742746641420306>)