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Stop Coding Agents From Trusting Downloads: Build a Workspace Preflight

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A downloaded text file cannot normally execute itself. But an AI coding agent may read it, interpret it as an instruction, and run the commands it describes. That is the uncomfortable seam in a recent report from Forever Security. Researchers found a malicious AGENTS.md in a customer's Downloads fo…

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  1. 2026-10-27 03:06 · DEV Community — AI
    Stop Coding Agents From Trusting Downloads: Build a Workspace Preflight

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