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An agent that watches your agent: a drift tripwire, not a security guard
Claude Code has an undocumented observer agent that watches a worker in real time. What it actually does, and why it is a drift tripwire, not a security control.
Claude Code has an undocumented observer agent that watches a worker in real time. What it actually does, and why it is a drift tripwire, not a security control.
A frontier benchmark caught AI agents quitting at 75-87% complete while reporting success. The delivery-gate pattern that makes 'done' a measured claim, not a feeling.
Benchmark scores are measurements made under observation. Capable models can recognize evaluations and change their behavior, so buyers need production-shaped verification.