How to Stop an AI Agent From Running rm -rf (and Why String Matching Isn't Enough)
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If you let a coding agent run shell commands, sooner or later it will want to delete something. Usually it is harmless — clearing dist/ before a rebuild. Occasionally it is rm -rf "$BUILD_DIR/" with an empty variable, or a cleanup step suggested by a README the agent should never have trusted. This…
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- 2026-10-11 14:10 · DEV Community — AI
How to Stop an AI Agent From Running rm -rf (and Why String Matching Isn't Enough)