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Let user-intended authority be and agent-held authority be . The dangerous excess is . where intended authority depends on goal g and state s , not merely user identity.
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Equation 10 · Security
Ten Failure Modes in Agentic Coding, from Prompt Injection to False Completion
This equation states an equality: the expressions on both sides have the same value under the article’s assumptions.
Let user-intended authority be and agent-held authority be . The dangerous excess is . where intended authority depends on goal g and state s , not merely user identity.