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Why Your AI Agent's Shell Access Is a Security Nightmare (And How to Fix It)

If you've ever given an AI agent the ability to execute shell commands or run code, you've probably had that moment. You know the one — where you check the logs and realize your agent just tried to curl something it absolutely should not have, or worse, it rm -rf'd a directory you cared about. I hit

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Alan West

📅 Mar 21, 2026·⏱ 9 min read·Dev.to ↗

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