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Coding Agent Security

Agent Trust Cloud protects the authority around coding agents; it does not compete with the code-generation model.

Priority
P1
Phase
Phase 2
Primary owner
DevSecOps / Product
Status
Blueprint

Objective

Coding agents can read proprietary code, modify repositories, install dependencies, access CI/CD secrets and trigger deployments. Secure them as privileged engineering identities rather than treating them like autocomplete tools.

What to build

  • Repository/file scope restrictions.
  • Branch and environment controls for writes.
  • Dependency/package installation policy.
  • Secret scanning on prompts, diffs and logs.
  • Approval for merges, production deployment or infrastructure changes.
  • Command/tool execution policies in development sandboxes.

Implementation decisions

  • Integrate GitHub/GitLab identities, repository permissions and CI/CD events.
  • Associate each code change with agent identity, initiating human and task.
  • Require protected branch policies independent of agent suggestion.
  • Detect attempts to modify security controls, workflow permissions or secret paths.

Definition of done

  • Agent-generated changes preserve attribution.
  • Production deploys require configured human/release gates.
  • Sensitive repository operations are governed at command/action level.

Success metrics

  • Agent commits/PRs
  • Protected operations blocked
  • Secrets prevented
  • Agent-caused rollback rate

POSITIONING

Agent Trust Cloud protects the authority around coding agents; it does not compete with the code-generation model.