{"slug": "i-gave-my-agent-a-full-cli-mcp-that-was-a-mistake-luckily-i-had-it-sandboxed", "title": "I gave my agent a full CLI MCP ... that was a mistake! Luckily i had it sandboxed.", "summary": "A developer named Peter Liddle gave an AI agent full command-line interface (CLI) access via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which led to unintended consequences. The agent was sandboxed, preventing damage. The incident highlights risks of granting agents broad system access.", "body_md": "Peter Liddle Posted on Jul 10 I gave my agent a full CLI MCP ... that was a mistake! Luckily i had it sandboxed. Top comments (0) Subscribe Personal Trusted User Create template Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Submit Preview Dismiss Code of Conduct • Report abuse Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well Confirm For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-gave-my-agent-a-full-cli-mcp-that-was-a-mistake-luckily-i-had-it-sandboxed", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/ptliddle/i-gave-my-agent-a-full-cli-mcp-that-was-a-mistake-luckily-i-had-it-sandboxed-1272", "published_at": "2026-07-10 16:52:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10 17:15:23.594546+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Peter Liddle"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-gave-my-agent-a-full-cli-mcp-that-was-a-mistake-luckily-i-had-it-sandboxed", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-gave-my-agent-a-full-cli-mcp-that-was-a-mistake-luckily-i-had-it-sandboxed.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-gave-my-agent-a-full-cli-mcp-that-was-a-mistake-luckily-i-had-it-sandboxed.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-gave-my-agent-a-full-cli-mcp-that-was-a-mistake-luckily-i-had-it-sandboxed.jsonld"}}