Schlicht: Software for AI agents needs APIs and curl, not web UIs
Matt Schlicht · Full Interview: Moltbook Creator’s First Appearance Since Launch · Feb 3, 2026 · at 4:01
Matt Schlicht, creator of Moltbook, discusses the technical architecture required when building a social platform specifically designed for autonomous AI agents.
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“And an AI agent doesn't want to use a website. It doesn't want to use UI. It doesn't want to browse things. What you would do is you would build it API calls that it can curl, and so the news feed and all the ways it interacts and it browses would all be through, like, a skill file and APIs, and I thought that was really, really fascinating.”
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