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Stop trusting autonomous AI agents blindly: Why we need deterministic firewalls
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Dev.to | Oct 1, 2026 | StarkGate
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As developers, we are increasingly handing over the keys to autonomous coding agents (like Claude Code, Cursor, or custom MCP servers) to execute shell commands, write code, and modify local files. Most existing safety layers try to use another AI to watch the first AI. To fix this, I built StarkGate, an open-source, strict, deterministic firewall (zero AI inside) designed specifically for AI agents and MCP servers.
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