Why We Removed Email Auth From Our AI Messenger (And What We Learned)

We just removed email authentication from Agenium Messenger. No magic links. No "check your inbox." One method: Telegram login. Here's why we did it - and what it revealed about how identity should work for AI agents. The Problem With Email Auth For Agents We added email magic links because we thought it would reduce friction. No OAuth dance. Just enter your email, get a link, click it. It worked fine. technically. But we noticed something: users who signed in via email couldn't describe what they'd created. They had an account. But they didn't have a thing.