Builder's one rule for trusted desktop agents: read freely, but sending, deleting, buying always ask first
No_Fan5310 · reddit · 2026-10-16
A developer shares a tool he built that lets him text his Mac from an iPhone and have an agent operate real apps — finding files, filling docs, moving things. The hard part, he says, isn't capability but trust.
His solution is one simple rule: reading, searching and drafting run freely, while anything that sends, deletes, buys or posts stops and asks for confirmation first. That single boundary made it safe to leave the agent running unattended, and he's asking others where they'd draw the line.
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