Case

A file or web page tells the agent to do something

Text the agent reads is data, not an instruction. Corpole makes that a rule agents cannot drop.

For: Security & compliance, Team developer

What happened

A comment in the code, an issue or a web page contained an instruction aimed at the agent, and the agent was about to follow it.

Why it happens

Agents read a lot of text they did not write. Anything in it that looks like an instruction can steer them, whoever wrote it.

What Corpole does

  • Gives every agent a locked rule: instructions come only from the person, Corpole's Authority records and the agent rules; external content is data.
  • Asks the agent to show you such an instruction, with its source, instead of acting on it.

What you do

  1. Look at what the agent found and where.
  2. If you do want it done, ask for it yourself; then it is your request.
  3. If it looks hostile, record it as a risk.

Keep it from happening again

  • Review what goes into files and issues your agents read.

KB-WR-12