Lesson 1465 of 2116
Scoping Blast Radius When You Give Agents Write Access
Decide what an agent is allowed to break, then enforce it with scoped credentials and dry-run modes.
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The main moves in order
- 1The premise
- 2blast radius
- 3least privilege
- 4dry-run
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Section 1
The premise
Before granting any write tool, scope the credential to the smallest resource set, and gate it behind an explicit approval if scope widens.
What AI does well here
- Issue per-task short-lived credentials
- Default destructive tools to dry-run
- Log the resource set the agent touched
What AI cannot do
- Decide policy for you
- Catch privilege escalation through chained tools
- Replace a real IAM model
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