AI 101

Filesystem access (agent)

Also known as: file access (agent)

Agents

Filesystem access for an agent is the set of permissions over which files and directories it can read or write.

  • Scoped to a working directory by default.
  • Read-only vs. read-write per path.
  • Sandboxed writes can’t escape the box.

The default: give an agent the narrowest directory it needs. A code agent working on one repo shouldn't have write access to your whole home folder.