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AI Agent Safety Checklist: 18 Checks, Day One Onwards

Eighteen checks, arranged by timing, for anyone handing a personal agent access to their email, money or accounts for the first time.

Most agent mishaps on record trace back to a setting nobody chose deliberately. The checks below are grouped by when they matter: before the agent touches anything, during a first week of close watching, and as standing habits afterwards. Each carries a one-line reason, so you can judge which ones your own setup can safely skip.

Before you connect anything

During the first week

As a standing habit