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A hands-on assessment of deploying AI agents on live systems, arguing that most engineers skip the critical 'blast radius' analysis before granting agents write access. The author introduces a staged deployment framework: read-only observation, draft-only access, supervised scoped writes, and finally earned autonomy. High-risk integrations like email, Slack, and Notion are highlighted as the worst starting points due to irreversible consequences from misclassified actions. The core argument is that autonomy should be earned through demonstrated reliability, not enabled at installation.