AI Agents That Won't Wreck Production

Hosted by Sathyan Nandagopal

Tue, Aug 18, 2026

1:00 AM UTC (1 hour)

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What you'll learn

Architecture beats a sharper prompt

Learn the two-layer model—standing rules vs. hard code blocks—that keeps a coding agent in line where a prompt can't

Watch a deterministic guardrail stop an agent

See an agent try to delete a live secret file and get blocked by an exit code before it runs—harness, not hope

Ship the same block in your own setup tonight

Get a starter template you can point your coding agent at to add the same hard block in about ten minutes

Why this topic matters

Governed AI isn't a buzzword — it's the difference between an agent you demo and one you trust with real actions. The moment an agent can publish, spend, or delete, the question stops being "is the output good?" and becomes "what stops it when it's wrong?" This session gives you the deterministic answer — architecture, not prompts — so you can hand agents real work without holding your breath.

You'll learn from

Sathyan Nandagopal

AI Product Leader & Advisor. Shipped 6 AI products; built '5D Method' & Aegis

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