Engineer asks how to actually enforce agent guardrails at runtime, not just on paper
Patieusmdaxnt_in3241 · reddit · 2026-10-05
A practitioner deploying autonomous agents in internal workflows describes safety guardrails as the hardest part: basics like narrow permissions, dedicated agent identities, and logging are easy, but deciding when agents can act autonomously versus require human approval — especially with prod data or external communication — is messy.
Their security team wants clear policies and monitoring before scaling up, and the poster is stuck on how to enforce rules at runtime rather than writing documents nobody checks, plus struggling to maintain an inventory of agents and their access.
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