What are guardrails?

Guardrails are the rules that stop an agent doing certain things, whatever it has been asked.

Navid Moazzezby Navid MoazzezUpdated Sept. 12, 20261 min read
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Never send without showing me. Never delete. Never touch that folder.

A rule in a file is a request the model usually honours. A guardrail in the harness is a wall. Know which one you have.

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