Stop blindly approving AI tool calls: a 15-line rule that explains first

Description and use

<p>AI was supposed to democratize coding. Anyone can now sit in front of an agent — OpenCode, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini — and bring an idea to life using nothing but natural language.</p> <p>Until this pops up in your terminal:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Run rm -rf dist/? [Allow once / Always / Reject] </code></pre> </div> <p>Or worse:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>find <span class="nb">.</span> <span class="nt">-name</span> <span class="s2">"*.bak"</span> <span class

Problem

<p>AI was supposed to democratize coding. Anyone can now sit in front of an agent — OpenCode, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini — and bring an idea to life using nothing but natural language.</p> <p>Until this pops up in your terminal:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Run rm -rf dist/? [Allow once / Always / Reject] </code></pre> </div> <p>Or worse:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>find <span class="nb">.</span> <span class="nt">-name</span> <span class="s2">"*.bak"</span> <span class

Outcome

<p>AI was supposed to democratize coding. Anyone can now sit in front of an agent — OpenCode, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini — and bring an idea to life using nothing but natural language.</p> <p>Until this pops up in your terminal:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Run rm -rf dist/? [Allow once / Always / Reject] </code></pre> </div> <p>Or worse:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>find <span class="nb">.</span> <span class="nt">-name</span> <span class="s2">"*.bak"</span> <span class

Evidence

Stop blindly approving AI tool calls: a 15-line rule that explains first

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