AI Command Gates That Only Read the First Word: Why shellgate Scans the Full Command
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Agents execute model-generated commands, so they need a gate that checks whether a command is dangerous. The common first version: take the first word (npm/rm/curl), look it up in a blocklist. That works for rm -rf / — and fails for: echo rm -rf / > s.sh && bash s.sh The first word is echo . What a…
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- 2026-10-30 18:58 · DEV Community — AI
AI Command Gates That Only Read the First Word: Why shellgate Scans the Full Command