Tap: The Interface Protocol for AI Agents — Forge Once, Run Forever

Dev.to AI
Generative AI

The Problem AI agents need to operate interfaces - read data, click buttons, fill forms. But using AI for every step is slow, expensive, and unreliable. The Insight Operating an interface is a solved problem the moment you figure out how. The hard part is understanding the page - finding the API, locating the right selector. That's what AI is good at. Executing the same steps again? That doesn't need AI at all.