Glossary · Evaluation & safety
Least Privilege
Giving a model, agent, tool, or user only the permissions required for the current task, for only as long as those permissions are needed.
Why it matters
Models can make mistakes or follow malicious instructions. Narrow permissions reduce the damage any one failure can cause.
In practice
Give a documentation agent read access to source files and write access to one branch, but no production credentials or merge permission.
Common confusion
Authentication proves identity. Least privilege limits what that identity can do.
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