Treat agent tool access as a security boundary

Work moment: A research agent reads a competitor webpage and asks to update the live pricing table. The teach: Tool permissions should follow least privilege: read, propose, approve, then write only when proven. This matters because agents can plan, call tools, use memory, and influence decisions; the work product is no longer just text. The mechanism is to separate preparation from consequence. Let the agent gather context, draft, classify, or recommend where those actions are reversible and inspectable. Put evidence, ownership, and approval at the point where the output changes a customer, employee, system of record, financial decision, or compliance…

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