{"title":"Side Effect Guardrails: Stopping Destructive Actions","region":"Global","category":"Security","description":"Implementing checks to prevent agents from unintentionally deleting or modifying critical data.","lastUpdated":"2026-02-23","steps":["Categorize tools into safe and destructive.","Require approval for destructive calls.","Implement a dry-run mode for write tools.","Use soft-deletes for agent-managed databases.","Monitor volume of change per session."],"url":"https://checklist.day/agent-side-effect-guardrails"}