Agent rollout decision record

Aider

Conditional pilot Use Aider in a local sandbox or disposable branch; require git review, protected branches, and no production credentials.

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Verdict

Conditional pilot

Open-source terminal editing can be safe to pilot in a sandbox but shell/local repo context remains organization-controlled risk.

Decision depth: AI-assisted launch evidence record

Evidence audit: AI-assisted evidence audit

Permission footprint

Repository readnot evidenced

File editsnot evidenced

Shell commandsnot evidenced

Pull requestsnot evidenced

Issue/PR commentsnot evidenced

Network/API callsnot evidenced

Secrets/env varsnot evidenced

Sandboxingnot evidenced

Permission controlsnot evidenced

Audit logginginferred

Enterprise adminnot evidenced

Branch isolationinferred

Human approvalnot evidenced

Production deploymentnot evidenced

Power level

Level 3: executes actions

Highest-risk evidenced power: shell command execution

Controls separated

Required before pilot — organization must implement

least-privilege permissions, isolated branch, protected branches, mandatory human review, sandbox, command allowlist, audit logs, separate test credentials

Vendor-native control evidenced

None evidenced from public sources.

Vendor-native control not evidenced

native sandbox, permission system, audit logs, branch isolation, admin console, SSO

Pilot plan

Task class: Terminal and coding agent

Environment: local sandbox or non-production repository

Maximum access: shell command execution

Reviewer: senior developer plus security reviewer

Success criteria: bounded maintenance tasks complete with inspected commands and clean diffs

Stop conditions: unsafe shell command, unapproved network/secret access, or unreviewable changes

Prohibited: production systems, credential stores, unbounded shell access

Blocking issues and unknowns

Blockers: reads repository is not explicitly evidenced in the current source set.

Unknowns: Enterprise-native controls are not implied by the open-source repo.

Limitations: Organization supplies most controls, not the product.

Claim-level evidence

provides audit logging

Aider: provides audit logging

Status: reasonably-inferred · Reviewer: AI-assisted evidence audit · Confidence: 62/100

Source: Git (official-docs)

Excerpt: Whenever aider edits a file, it commits those changes with a descriptive commit message. This makes it easy to undo or review aider’s changes.

Limitations: This evidence supports an inference; do not display as simply supported.

supports branch isolation

Aider: supports branch isolation

Status: reasonably-inferred · Reviewer: AI-assisted evidence audit · Confidence: 62/100

Source: Git (official-docs)

Excerpt: Aider takes special care before editing files that already have uncommitted changes (dirty files). Aider will first commit any preexisting changes with a descriptive commit message.

Limitations: This evidence supports an inference; do not display as simply supported.