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AGENTS & USE CASES · 29 OCTOBER 2026

A near miss worth sharing: never auto-approve an agent in someone else's repo

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Developer @Damir_Akaza says he nearly leaked production keys after running Claude Code with auto-approve inside an unfamiliar GitHub repository, the kind of setup where hidden instructions in the code can steer the agent. It's one person's account with a small audience, but the risk is well known.

Why it mattersIf you or a freelancer test code from GitHub with an AI agent, do it in a sandbox with no passwords or API keys on the machine, and keep approvals switched on.

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