Why it matters

Agents with unbounded action are dangerous. Boundaries essential for safe deployment.

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The architecture

Whitelist: allowed tools + actions.

Confirmation: destructive actions.

Forbidden: absolute limits.

Agentic boundariesAllowedwhitelist actionsConfirmation requireddestructiveForbiddenhard limitsOWASP LLM08: Excessive Agency — matches this concern
Agent boundaries.
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How it works end to end

Tool scope: least privilege — only tools needed for task.

Rate limits: max actions per session.

Value limits: max financial impact.

Human-in-loop: destructive or expensive actions.