#security

AI agents like OpenClaw can run continuously on your machine, read your email, push code, and post to the internet on your behalf, often with minimal supervision. I've put together six practical guidelines for using AI Agents without losing control... favor scripts over agents for deterministic tasks, guard against prompt injection, monitor what your agent is actually doing, vet community plugins before installing them, scope permissions tightly, and minimize the data you send. This isn't a "don't use AI" post, it's a "here's how to not shoot yourself in the foot" post.