From Add-on to Agent: How to Decide How to Upgrade Your AI Tools

Noam Cohen explains how to distinguish between add-ons, connectors, skills, and agents in AI tools, emphasizing the security risks of installing components that grant extensive access to organizational data. The article recommends checking permissions before approval and managing a list of active connections.

Noam Cohen, founder of CritiqeIL, explains how to distinguish between add-ons, connectors, skills, and agents in AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and Grok. The article emphasizes that installing components can grant extensive access to organizational data, and that the requested permissions must be carefully examined. For example, an add-on that only needs to summarize tasks should not request permission to modify or delete them. The article recommends that managers reduce the number of tools and connections, and that employees check who holds the list of active connections. Cohen notes that the technological terminology is not yet standardized, so each permission should be reviewed carefully.