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What it knows and can reach

What should an AI know and be able to reach, and who decides?

context engineering · retrieval · tool use · MCP · memory · permissions · data minimisation

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An agent that can't remember yesterday's correction will repeat the mistake, and one with more access than its job needs can do more harm than its job requires, which is why Fold's privacy reviewer has no shell at all. This thread follows that question through Fold's review panel, where each reviewer's access is part of its design, and this lab, where rules in files stand in for memory.

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