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DoorDash’s Agent Gateway centralizes tool discovery and access controls

blog.bytebytego.com by ByteByteGo 15 min read Editor score 7/10

DoorDash built a shared gateway to manage how agents discover and use tools, bringing together responsibilities such as permission checks and credential management. The architecture offers a concrete reference for governing tool access across enterprise agent deployments.

What
DoorDash built a shared Agent Gateway to control how AI agents discover and use tools.
How
The gateway checks permissions, manages credentials, chooses visible tools, forwards requests, and records what happened.
Why it matters
Centralizing these controls helps teams expose tools for agent actions in enterprise systems.
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The Agent Gateway mediates AI agents' access to tools. Sketched from the article's own text.

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