Permission Drift Indicator

Permission drift indicator is an AI interface design pattern that proactively reminds users which permissions their AI agents currently hold, when those permissions were granted, and when they were last reviewed. This UX pattern combats the slow, invisible accumulation of scope that happens across months of OAuth grants, connector installs, and "just this once" approvals: the failure mode where users wake up to discover an assistant has read access to three email accounts, write access to two drives, and billing access to an account they barely remember authorizing. The indicator surfaces drift on a visible cadence (weekly digest, inline nudge, settings badge), makes each granted capability auditable, and provides one-click revoke. It is the audit-log pattern for the agent era: transparency as preventative security.