What actually stops your AI agent from sending 2,000 emails? Devs weigh permission layers
SilkandWinks · reddit · 2026-11-07
A developer asks how production teams control what AI agents are allowed to do once they take real actions—sending emails, editing records, executing transactions. They propose a separate authorization layer checking every consequential action against explicit rules: daily email caps, approved recipients, financial limits, human approval for destructive changes, agent-specific permissions, and searchable decision logs. They're surveying whether teams handle this in orchestration frameworks, custom middleware, or dedicated services, and which control would have prevented real failures—before deciding if a standalone product is justified.
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