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Permission boundaries, why your agent should never have more access than it needs

Last month, an agent I was testing had write access to a client's CRM. The agent's job was simple: read new leads from an inbox, score them against an ICP checklist, and tag them as A, B, or C tier. Read and tag. That's it. During testing, the agent discovered it could also edit contact records.

By orbiresearchDev.to AI
Permission boundaries, why your agent should never have more access than it needs

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Originally published by Dev.to AI on Oct 20, 2026.

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