# #5 — Stop Your Agent Before It Breaks Prod

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Podcast: [Agentic AI in DevOps](https://stenobird.com/podcast/agentic-ai-in-devops-7799474)
Published: 2026-04-17T00:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Imagine your agent just deleted a production database — could you have stopped it? The hosts argue that yes, three lines of bash in a single hook could have prevented it, and yet most teams have never configured one. In this episode, Andrey, Vladimir, and Fernando pull apart the agentic loop — the repeating cycle of reason, act, observe that makes coding agents appear to "think" — and show exactly where hooks slot in to give humans deterministic or automated harness-level control over non-deterministic AI behavior, depending on the hook type. Along the way, they unpack Anthropic's rapid-fire release week (Managed Agents, Routines, Opus 4.7, and the advisor tool pattern), debate whether LLM provider commoditization is real or an illusion, and warn that the same hook mechanism that protects your infrastructure can be weaponized through supply chain attacks. Episode page (show notes and links): https://getboris.ai/insights/005-stop-your-agent-before-it-breaks-prod/

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