Do you still read your agent’s approval prompts, or do you just hit yes?
Summary
A developer shares how autopilot-approving an AI agent's prompts led to accidentally sending a broken newsletter, and discusses trade-offs between agent permission setups like allowlists, plan-based approvals, and sandboxed containers.
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