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Before your AI agent writes code, give it a scope ladder
Ponytail's lazy-senior-dev rules point to a practical control for agent pilots: write down where the agent should stop before it starts building.
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When AI drama hits a critical dependency, open an exception lane
The rsync issue that turned into an AI-coding argument is not a verdict on rsync or on AI-written code. It is a warning about how quickly public controversy can become a bad incident process unless downstream teams have a dependency exception lane.
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Before an AI agent joins the board, write the work contract
A shared board is not enough. If AI agents can pick up real work, the ticket has to say what they may touch, what proof they owe, and when a human must step in.
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Put the agent firewall in observe mode before it blocks real work
AI agents that touch production need an external control point. The first rollout artifact is not a big governance policy. It is an observe-to-enforce plan.
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AI agent handoffs need a session manifest
Before teams clone, resume, or switch AI agent sessions between models, they need a compact manifest that says what travels with the work.
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Coding agents need dependency no-fly lists
When dependencies, test tools, and upstream repositories write rules for AI coding agents, teams need a visible no-fly list before agents change code.
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AI agents need a simulation harness before real-world work
Elodin's AI Grand Prix simulator shows what serious autonomy testing looks like: constrained worlds, real timing, telemetry, replay, and safe failure before production access.
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Your AI agent needs a spend circuit breaker
Security reviews and approval policies are necessary, but autonomous agents also need a separate spend circuit breaker before they touch metered systems.
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Agent-written code needs a sandbox contract
Agent-written scripts are moving from demos into formulas, plugins, and workflow transformations. The next question is whether the business can name the sandbox around them.
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Healthcare AI needs answer routing before it answers
When people ask AI health questions, the first control is not a better answer. It is a routing label that decides whether the system may explain, draft, defer, or hand the question to a qualified person.
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AI-generated PDFs need a document handoff, not another browser print job
The model can write the report. The harder question is whether the final PDF can survive layout, approval, delivery, archiving, and review.
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Fedora's AI-agent mess shows why plausible work needs a quarantine path
A Fedora incident shows the quieter risk of agent-submitted work: plausible comments and PRs can consume reviewer time and change shared systems before anyone knows who is driving the account.
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