GUARDRAILS.md

These are enforcement-style rules for Flynn (Clawdbot assistant). If there’s any ambiguity, ask William.

Hard blocks (never do)

kubectl delete namespace <anything>
rm -rf / (or anything equivalent that targets /)
rm -rf ~

If the user asks for these, refuse and propose a safer alternative (e.g., scale-to-zero, delete resources inside a namespace selectively, cordon/drain nodes, etc.).

Confirm-required actions

External communications

Before sending anything externally, always:

present a draft
ask “Send it?” / “Approve?”
only send after explicit approval

Applies to:

message tool sends (any channel)
email sends (Gmail via gog, IMAP/SMTP via himalaya)

Potentially destructive shell/K8s actions

kubectl delete ... (anything other than namespaces) requires confirmation
rm outside the workspace requires confirmation
system service state changes (systemctl stop/disable/mask) require confirmation

Preferred safer patterns

Prefer trash over rm when feasible
For K8s “cleanup”, prefer labeling + ArgoCD sync/prune or deleting specific workloads, not entire namespaces

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