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Tag: Capability-Containment
09
Apr 2026
Least Privilege and Capability Containment Designing Agents That Cannot Exceed Their Mandate
How to apply the principle of least privilege to AI agents through tool allowlisting, permission tiers, and sandboxed execution environments that enforce safety at the architecture level.