14 pointsby thestackfox5 hours ago5 comments
  • skybrian2 hours ago
    I wonder if this will also result in a better "readability" mode for human readers? You could do the Markdown to HTML conversion in the browser.
    • 22c40 minutes ago
      I can't help but feel there is a funny pattern going on.

      A lot of companies want to embrace AI, agents, etc. so they make their platforms easier to use by AI, implementing whatever the latest craze is.

      I imagine we're going to see a lot more APIs open up (agentic finances?), a lot of granular access controls, etc.

      Where was all of this when regular users had been asking for it for _years_?

      Empowering users in general is a good thing, so, in a way, it's a good thing that OpenClaw and things of this nature are exposing all the issues with access controls and API interactions that many of our services have.

      Now we just need a reason for AI agents to need "dark mode" on websites...

  • gnabgiban hour ago
    Title: Introducing Markdown for Agents

    > Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.

    https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

  • tdehnkean hour ago
    Seems odd to have it as paid feature (Pro plan or higher) if it will save on delivery costs etc for them.
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  • jsheard5 hours ago
    This text/markdown scheme feels like it's begging for adversarial shenanigans since it lets you serve different content to agents than humans, by design.
    • selcuka2 hours ago
      > it lets you serve different content to agents than humans

      You could always do that. The only difference is CloudFlare can now do this on-the-fly, automatically translating HTML to Markdown. My understanding is that you don't have control over the conversion.

    • thestackfox5 hours ago
      If you’re willing to serve adversarial Markdown to agents, you’re already willing to cloak HTML.