An Agent Can Read Your API Docs and Still Can't Sign Up

I spent a day reading 45 platform terms of service end to end, because an agent I run kept failing at steps that had nothing to do with its code. The marketing pages said API first. Several said agent friendly. The terms said something else. Twenty-six of the 45 platforms forbid automated account operation or automated use somewhere in the agreement. Eighteen put a human identity somewhere in the…