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AI Agent Autonomy Levels: A Small TypeScript Approval Gate

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An agent with a delete tool and a loose prompt can read “clean up my old entries” as permission. Nothing malfunctions. The message allows that reading and the tool allows the action. What's missing is a rule about when the tool may run. This post continues my series on building agents. The previous…

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  1. 2026-10-17 15:55 · DEV Community — AI
    AI Agent Autonomy Levels: A Small TypeScript Approval Gate

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