Sachin Gupta separates agent behavior into independently controlled surfaces: prompts, tool permissions, model routing, memory policies, autonomy and shutdown. Existing feature-flag infrastructure can supply the control plane, but one generic enabled flag does not capture these different risks.
Sachin Gupta uses illustrative support-agent and runaway-loop scenarios to show why changes must take effect at subsequent decision points. Middleware resolves permissions and routing before execution, and child agents must pass through the same controls. A stop signal cannot reach a child that bypasses the governed path.
Sachin Gupta proposes beginning with shutdown wiring, then adding tool checks, staged autonomy and prompt variants. Mitigation time, canary error differences and audit completeness help teams judge rollout behavior. Suggested thresholds and incident stories are the presenter's examples, not independently verified results or legal guarantees.
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