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If It Can Write, Pin the Contract: A Fail-Closed Agent Tool Checklist

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If an agent can call a tool that writes, deletes, pays, or talks to a network, you do not merge on a demo. You merge on a pinned tool contract, a budget, and evidence that the run stayed inside both. Everything else is a live experiment wearing a pull request. Tool calling is the part of agent work…

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  1. 2026-09-12 18:28 · DEV Community — AI
    If It Can Write, Pin the Contract: A Fail-Closed Agent Tool Checklist

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