Post: No one cares about an agent's capabilities until something goes wrong
IkarusCareer · reddit · 2026-09-02
Discussing the development of SafeAI, a static analyzer for AI agents, the author notes that capability boundaries are often ignored until incidents occur. Pre-incident changes like adding tools or permissions seem benign, but post-incident investigations immediately question what the agent could actually do. The post highlights risks like MCP tool descriptions acting as instruction surfaces and explores whether tracking capabilities proactively is useful, seeking feedback on the right interface (CLI vs. interactive) for such a system.
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