Equation 3 · Ten Failure Modes in Agentic Coding, from Prompt Injection to False Completion
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where L(a) is consequence. Better models can reduce the first factor. Sandboxes, permission policy, independent evaluators, and staged execution reduce the others. Security architecture should assume every factor is nonzero.
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