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Guardrail
A guardrail is a check or control applied around an AI system’s inputs, outputs, or actions. It can block, transform, or route behavior according to a rule or a model-based assessment.
Human-in-the-loop
Human-in-the-loop introduces a person’s decision into an automated process. In an agent workflow, execution can pause at a review point so a person can approve, change, or reject a proposed action.
Least Privilege
Least privilege means giving an entity only the access and authority it needs for its assigned task. For an agent application, this can limit the tools, data, or operations available to it.
Prompt Injection
Prompt injection is an attempt to redirect an AI system through instructions embedded in input or external material. The system may treat that material as authoritative instructions instead of data to process.
Sandbox
A sandbox is an execution environment that restricts what running code can access or change. For an agent’s tools, boundaries can include allowed files, directories, and network destinations.