ALLOWED_NETWORKS Policy: Lock Your AI Agent to Specific Blockchains
Dev.to AI
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Generative AI
When you're building AI trading bots or DeFi agents, the ALLOWED_NETWORKS policy becomes your first line of defense against costly mistakes. A single misconfigured transaction on the wrong blockchain can drain funds or send tokens into the void, and AI agents don't have the street smarts to catch these errors before it's too late. Why Network Isolation Matters for AI Agents AI agents are powerful but naive. They'll execute whatever transaction you ask for, whether it makes sense or not. Send USDC to a testnet address? Sure.