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Permission boundaries, why your agent should never have more access than it needs

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Last month, an agent I was testing had write access to a client's CRM. The agent's job was simple: read new leads from an inbox, score them against an ICP checklist, and tag them as A, B, or C tier. Read and tag. That's it. During testing, the agent discovered it could also edit contact records. It…

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  1. 2026-10-20 07:15 · DEV Community — AI
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