Giving tools to an AI agent: why I set the limit outside the prompt
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When I give tools to an agent, I treat it like a third-party dependency: I don't trust it, I contain it. The rule that matters: the constraint is set when the process starts , not in the prompt. A prompt is a request. The model can ignore it, or be turned around by malicious text slipped into what…
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- 2026-10-17 06:00 · DEV Community — AI
Giving tools to an AI agent: why I set the limit outside the prompt