{"id":34605,"date":"2026-10-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/your-next-client-wont-be-a-person-it-will-be-their-agent\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T18:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:48:35","slug":"your-next-client-wont-be-a-person-it-will-be-their-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/en\/your-next-client-wont-be-a-person-it-will-be-their-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Your next client won&#8217;t be a person\u2014it will be their agent"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34605\" class=\"elementor elementor-34605 elementor-34581\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d27c71a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d27c71a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37c4076d sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37c4076d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>TL;DR:<\/strong> Amazon has blocked Muse, Meta&#8217;s personal agent, because it would make purchases without asking for permission or identifying itself. Two weeks later, Meta and Sierra (Bret Taylor\u2019s company) unveiled the Personal Agent Protocol, a sort of \u201creception desk\u201d where agents must identify themselves before entering. I\u2019ll explain what it is, what it isn\u2019t yet, and why I believe the question for a small business is no longer whether to let agents in, but how.<\/p><p>A journalist from The Register asks Muse to find him an ergonomic chair for the office, add it to his cart, and proceed to checkout.<\/p><p>Muse doesn\u2019t even get to see the search bar.<\/p><p>It encounters an anti-bot wall at the Amazon entrance and stops, because, as it explains to the user, proceeding further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/ai-and-ml\/2026\/09\/21\/amazon-shows-metas-muse-ai-shopping-agent-the-door\/5297777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">would violate the store\u2019s terms of use<\/a>. End of the experiment.<\/p><p>This happened in late September, and it strikes me as one of those small moments we\u2019ll look back on in a few years as the beginning of something. Because what Muse was trying to do isn\u2019t science fiction: it\u2019s exactly what some of your customers will be doing very soon, sending their agent to shop for them.<\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a35b9bb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a35b9bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed969aa sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed969aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Happened with Muse (and Why Amazon Slapped the Door Shut)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60355227 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60355227\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-705691a sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"705691a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Muse is the personal assistant that Meta launched in the United States on September 8. It\u2019s not just a chatbot you ask questions of; it shops, pays bills, reads your email, and manages your schedule, and when a service doesn\u2019t have a technical interface for machines (an API, so to speak), it accesses it through the browser just as you would. On the evening of Sunday, September 20, Amazon removed it from the service, after asking Meta to exclude Amazon from the experience and Meta, according <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/327940\/20260923\/amazon-blocks-meta-muse-using-standards-it-ignores-its-own-shopping-agent.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">to Tech Times<\/a>, refusing to do so.<\/p><p>Amazon&#8217;s reasons actually make a lot of sense. No one notified them or asked for permission; Muse doesn&#8217;t identify itself as an agent while browsing; and it stores customers&#8217; credentials (Meta responds that the model never sees passwords or credit card information, which are kept in a separate, secure storage).<\/p><p>And then there\u2019s the other side of the story\u2014the money. Amazon brought in more than $68 billion in advertising revenue last year. If a user logs in, compares products, makes a purchase, and leaves without looking at a single sponsored ad\u2026 well, you tell me how happy that makes Amazon.<\/p><p>And here comes the irony. Amazon has its own service, Buy for Me, which, starting in 2025, will log into other retailers\u2019 websites, select products, and fill in the buyer\u2019s name, address, and payment information. It added those stores by default, and if they didn\u2019t want to be included, they had to opt out via email. In other words, the rules it\u2019s demanding Meta follow don\u2019t fully apply to itself. I\u2019ll leave it at that.<\/p><p>Amazon has put gates around the field. I get it; it&#8217;s their home and their business, but the field will still be there, and more and more people (well, more agents) will want to cross it.<\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dfc50f4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7dfc50f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-215258d4 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"215258d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/wHn0hTjvFoo&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17e1280 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17e1280\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5864a9 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5864a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The bell proposed by Meta and Sierra<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51371cc7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51371cc7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68beffea sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68beffea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">It never stops. After the Model Context Protocol and Agent to Agent, now we\u2019re waking up to the Personal Agent Protocol.<\/p><p>On October 6, two weeks after the door-slamming incident, Meta and Sierra unveiled <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/ai\/meta-ai\/articles\/sierra-meta-personal-agent-protocol-024451270.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">the protocol<\/a> (PAP for short). Sierra is the customer service agent company founded by Bret Taylor, who chairs OpenAI\u2019s board, and Clay Bavor. The basic idea is simple: agents should stop sneaking in disguised as people and instead go through the front desk, identify themselves, state who they work for, and explain what they\u2019re there to do.<\/p><p>How does it work? To start with, the agent can log in as a guest to check if an item is in stock or to see what the return policy is. If the agent needs to access your account, you log in to the company\u2019s website and choose whether to grant the agent view-only access or permission to take action as well, and that permission remains in effect even if the conversation moves from one channel to another. Under the hood, it\u2019s OAuth, the same technology you use every time you log in to a website with your Google account. And the company can interact with that agent in three ways, depending on <a href=\"https:\/\/datafloq.com\/meta-and-sierras-personal-agent-protocol-starts-with-login-not-payments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Datafloq explains<\/a>: through its regular website, via an API, or by forwarding it to its own agent for more conversational matters, such as a warranty claim.<\/p><p>It doesn&#8217;t process payments, mind you. Payments go through the usual channels (cards, payment gateways), and Sierra says they&#8217;ll add that feature later, though no date has been set.<\/p><p>The initial lineup includes Shopify, Stripe, Walmart, Genesys, and Rocket, among others. Amazon isn\u2019t there, of course. Bret Taylor summed it up on CNBC with a remark typical of someone who\u2019s been in the business for years: until there\u2019s a standard, this is \u201ca bit of a mess.\u201d<\/p><p>And Meta itself, in the text in which it presented the protocol, includes the phrase that has made me think the most about this whole issue: to reject a personal agent is to reject the customer behind it<\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea96d85 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ea96d85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37e097a sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"37e097a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/BsNHg6cNjZE&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1305c0d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1305c0d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2327dd8d sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2327dd8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Before we get too excited...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4169d76 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4169d76\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60878cd3 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60878cd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">It&#8217;s a good idea to set the record straight, because this is still in the very early stages.<\/p><p>The PAP is currently a draft specification, version 0.1, which, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ucpchecker.com\/blog\/personal-agent-protocol-meta-sierra-ucp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">UCP Checker<\/a> It was published on October 9, with a disclaimer that any part of it may change. There is no governing body for it. And it\u2019s not the only one looking to set the rules of the game: on the same day, Decagon released its own trust protocol for merchants, and Shopify is already working with Google on the Universal Commerce Protocol, which handles the shopping cart and order processing. Sierra says they are complementary pieces. That may be true. It could also be the beginning of the typical standards war in which, in the end, the winner is the one with the most customers, not the one with the best design.<\/p><p>And then there are the numbers, which are quite sobering. According to data from J.P. Morgan cited by Tech Times, chatbots account for less than 1% of traffic at major online retailers, and at Amazon, about 0.4%. And according to a survey cited by Forkast, only 3% of U.S. adults trust a chatbot to complete a purchase.<\/p><p>3%. So, no, no robot is going to come in tomorrow and empty your warehouse.<\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b0777d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36b0777d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc0e1cd sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5bc0e1cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ai.meta.com\/muse\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Muse-Shopping-1024x565.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34602\" alt=\"Muse Shopping\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Muse-Shopping-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Muse-Shopping-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Muse-Shopping-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Muse-Shopping-1536x848.png 1536w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Muse-Shopping-2048x1131.png 2048w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Muse-Shopping-370x204.png 370w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Muse-Shopping-840x464.png 840w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Muse-Shopping-410x226.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a3248e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a3248e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bc55573 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1bc55573\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My thoughts on this matter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47c88c3a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"47c88c3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12897476 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12897476\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">But honestly, I wouldn&#8217;t focus on that 3%. I&#8217;d focus on the direction, which is pretty clear.<\/p><p>Think about what happened with websites in the late \u201990s, or with cell phones ten years later. At first, traffic was very low, and many companies said that wasn\u2019t for their customers. And their customers, meanwhile, were already there. Something similar will happen with virtual assistants, only faster, because this time the customer doesn\u2019t need to change their habits: they just tell their assistant, \u201cFind this for me and buy it for me.\u201d<\/p><p>And it won&#8217;t stop at shopping. We\u2019ll soon see communication between these agents as something normal, for example, when we wrap up meetings and they\u2019re coordinated between two agents who have full context on their owners\u2019 schedules. Can you imagine two personal agents negotiating a gift for one of their owners on their anniversary? Surreal.<\/p><p>Anyway, back to the point.<\/p><p>For an SME, this has a very specific consequence: Amazon can afford to slam the door in your face, but you can\u2019t. Amazon is the go-to destination. In most cases, you\u2019re just one of the options the agent will compare, and if your website doesn\u2019t let them in, or they don\u2019t understand your prices, your delivery times, or your return policy, the agent isn\u2019t going to complain; they\u2019ll just move on to the next one.<\/p><p>Rejecting the agent is rejecting the customer. And the worst part is that you won\u2019t even realize you\u2019ve done it.<\/p><p>I\u2019m not saying we should open the door to just any bot that comes along, mind you. I\u2019m saying we need to start deciding under what conditions we open it. What can an agent view without identifying themselves, what can they do with the client\u2019s permission, and what can they never do? That\u2019s exactly what this protocol aims to clarify, and whether the PAP ends up being this one or another, the question remains the same.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-362461dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"362461dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ac80ca sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20ac80ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Personal-Agent-Protocol-el-Blog-de-Salvador-Vilalta-1024x538.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34603\" alt=\"Personal Agent Protocol: Salvador Vilalta&apos;s Blog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Personal-Agent-Protocol-el-Blog-de-Salvador-Vilalta-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Personal-Agent-Protocol-el-Blog-de-Salvador-Vilalta-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Personal-Agent-Protocol-el-Blog-de-Salvador-Vilalta-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Personal-Agent-Protocol-el-Blog-de-Salvador-Vilalta-370x194.png 370w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Personal-Agent-Protocol-el-Blog-de-Salvador-Vilalta-840x441.png 840w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Personal-Agent-Protocol-el-Blog-de-Salvador-Vilalta-410x215.png 410w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Personal-Agent-Protocol-el-Blog-de-Salvador-Vilalta.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6907c6be e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6907c6be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e87cad sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41e87cad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Rejecting the agent means rejecting the client. The thing is, until now, that client always had a face.<\/p><p>What about you? 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