# The Agent Security Checklist I Use Before Connecting Tools

DevFeed: [The Agent Security Checklist I Use Before Connecting Tools](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-agent-security-checklist-i-use-before-connecting-tools-85703.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.developersdigest.tech/blog/agent-security-checklist-before-connecting-tools>)

Author: Developers Digest

Published: 2026-05-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Developers Digest](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/developers-digest.md>)

Topics: [LLM security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm-security.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [hardened ai agent skills](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardened-ai-agent-skills.md>)

Tags: [agent-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-security.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agent.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [ai-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-security.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [developer-workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-workflow.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [mcp-servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp-servers.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>)

## AI overview

Before giving an AI agent access to tools, files, APIs, MCP servers, or deployment, decide what it can read, write, call, log, and roll back.

## Source excerpt

Before an AI agent gets tools, files, APIs, MCP servers, or deployment access, decide what it can read, write, call, log, and roll back.