Patrick McCanna

This series covers prompt patterns for agents that run in a loop: the agent builds something, measures it, improves it, and repeats the cycle the next day without a person supervising. Across this series I cover:

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Bubblewrap: A nimble way to prevent agents from accessing your .env files

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Last week I wrote a thing about how to run Claude Code when you don’t trust Claude Code. I proposed the creation of a dedicated user account & standard unix access controls. The objective was to stop Claude from dancing through your .env files, eating your secrets. There are some usability problems with that guide- I…