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What should a team do if one OAuth client serves agents and regular integrations?

Google recommends using a separate OAuth client for AI-powered agent access when the same application also has non-agent functions, so the MCP permission boundary is explicit.

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Google Workspace MCP Clients Face a November Agent-Use Gate

Google will require an agent-use OAuth client marker for Workspace MCP beginning November 11. Ordinary Workspace REST API integrations are unaffected.

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