Protecting sensitive code from AI agent mistakes
By the AgentReceipt team · Updated 13 November 2026
Most agent edits are low risk. A few areas are not: mistakes there cost money, expose data or are hard to undo.
Decide what counts as sensitive
Write the list down. Usually it includes authentication and sessions, payments and billing, database migrations, infrastructure and deployment settings, and anything that handles personal data.
Require a human look
Make a rule that changes to those areas always get a second pair of eyes, whoever or whatever wrote them. Code owners files in your git host can enforce it.
Get told when it happens
AgentReceipt flags sessions that change sensitive paths, such as payment code, and explains why the area matters, so the reviewer knows to slow down.