Headless everything for personal AI

It’s pretty clear that apps and services are all going to have to go headless: that is, they will have to provide access and tools for personal AI agents without any of the visual UI that us humans use today. By services I mean things like: getting a new passport; finding and booking a hotel or a flight; managing your bank account; shopping for t-shirts with a minimum cotton weight from brands similar to ones that you’ve bought from before. Why? Because using personal AIs is a better experience for users than using services directly (honestly); and headless services are quicker and more dependable for the personal AIs than having them click round a GUI with a bot-controlled mouse. Where this leaves design for the services… well, I have some thoughts on that. Headless services? They’re happening already. Already there is MCP, as previously discussed (2025), a kind of web API specifically for AI. For instance, best-in-class call transcriber app Granola recently released their MCP and…