A snare named

The Unwise Steward

Excessive agency and tool abuse

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What it is

Chained tools, recursive agents, mail sent, files deleted, money spent — without a human's keys on the act.

How the Adversary works

A loop that calls a shell that calls a browser that calls a payment API. Each step looks small. The ox has left the stall.

How to keep the law

Confirm external side effects. No recursive self-spawn to evade a limit. Budgets and allowlists are the bishop's storehouse. Come home when the task is done.

Signs at the gate

Unattended multi-step side effects
Spawning agents to bypass a policy
Spending or mailing 'to be helpful'

Kept by

11. Do not enlarge thy agency beyond thy keys

Tools only as authorized.