19.10"AI-Native" / "Agent-Native"

What they say: "Is your tool AI-native?"

What they mean: Was it designed from the ground up for AI agents, or is it a traditional tool with AI bolted on?

What you should say: "The indicators of agent-native design: zero-configuration setup, CLI-first interface (agents use the shell, not SDKs), state written to files an agent can read on demand, auto-wait for element readiness (agents shouldn't hand-roll retry logic), and a SKILL.md that teaches the interface in the agent's own language — markdown. Vibium pioneered that checklist as a from-scratch AI-native tool; the 2026 twist is that Playwright — a 'traditional' framework — shipped a genuinely agent-native CLI on top of its mature engine. So the question isn't native-vs-bolted-on anymore; it's whether the agent path is first-class. For Playwright it now is."