Run a Safety Classifier Before Your Agent Plans, Not After Damage
blaizedsouza · x · 2026-09-14
A developer shares a production pattern for AI agents: letting the planner double as the safety bouncer is how banned requests slip through to tool calls. Instead, run a small but consistent safety classifier before planning.
The six-step cheatsheet:
- Classify intent at the front door
- Block known banned classes
- Serve a refusal pack, not a free-verse no
- Let only allowed intents reach tools
- Log the class and the action
- Review misses as severity events
Core principle: policy happens before reasoning, not after damage.
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