Rules don’t always work on AI agents

A recent Mastodon post from @solomonneas highlights an annoying issue: an AI agent pushed to the main branch 12x, despite clear instructions not to.

[…] My agent pushed to main 12 times despite explicit instructions.

Fix: git pre-push hooks on 39 repos. Agent can’t push code to main because git rejects it. No willpower needed. […]

Mechanical enforcement > written instructions.

@solomonneas@infosec.exchange

The post really speaks for itself:

  • Agent rules are not 100% reliable
  • KISS: Keep it Simple, Stupid. Don’t make it more complex than necessary. (= don’t start fiddling around with additional AI)

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