Guardrails

Death by a Thousand Tests — Not every check belongs in the synchronous path. The right amount of enforcement isn't the maximum — it's where the cost of checking balances the cost of missing.

Oops I Did It Again, I Forgot --dry-run — Agent permissions aren't about distrusting the agent. They're about acknowledging that even a capable actor will occasionally make mistakes. Build so mistakes don't take down the building.

Most Rules Exist for a Reason — An AI agent encountering a constraint it doesn't understand will do what any capable new hire would: question it. Unlike a new hire, it might remove the fence without asking.