# How to secure AI coding agents with permissions, approval gates, hooks, and sandboxing

DevFeed: [How to secure AI coding agents with permissions, approval gates, hooks, and sandboxing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-secure-ai-coding-agents-30026.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.augmentedswe.com/p/secure-ai-coding-agents>)

Author: Jeff Morhous

Published: 2026-09-08T10:07:38Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [The AI-Augmented Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-ai-augmented-engineer.md>)

Topics: [Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude-code.md>), [agentic-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agentic-coding.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding-agents.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-agents.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [least-privilege](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/least-privilege.md>), [permissions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/permissions.md>), [sandboxing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sandboxing.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains why coding-agent instructions such as CLAUDE.md are behavioral guidance rather than enforceable security boundaries. It discusses least privilege, Claude Code permissions, approval gates, hooks, and sandboxing as technical controls for limiting agent actions.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to use the principle of least privilege, Claude Code permissions, approval gates, hooks, and sandboxing to keep your agentic coding secure