1Password for Agents lets AI sign in without your password

The launch comes as AI agents are increasingly used for tasks that require logging into various services. 1Password chief product officer Aashish Tripathi framed the problem in a press statement: "The old model where you hand over a credential and hope for the best doesn't work." The new system responds by having the agent prove its identity with a unique digital key, after which the user gets a notification about which credentials are needed and why. If approved, 1Password fills in the login information rather than passing it to the agent, so the agent never sees the password. Once signed in, the agent continues its task.

Approvals are granted on the user's own device, a process 1Password describes as similar to two-factor authentication. The feature is designed to work with a range of popular AI agents, including Meta Muse, ChatGPT Work and Dots, Claude Duet, Grok Bot, and Town. 1Password says additional partners are working to bring support, including Browserbase, Browser Use, Dana, Instinct, Kernel, Perplexity, Ramp, Tomo, and Wajo, with more integrations to come.

A correction issued October 22nd clarified that Aashish Tripathi is 1Password's chief product officer, not CEO.