Autonomy Base Jumper
We'll figure out the permission model on the way down.
The Autonomy Base Jumper launches with root access and plans to finish the permission model on the way down. There is a particular smile people wear when they have removed the last obstacle between a demo and production. Sometimes the obstacle was a missing integration. Sometimes it was the only thing keeping the blast radius small.
Symptom
A working demo ships with production credentials, no scoped permissions, and a promise to "harden it later." The hardening later never arrives, because the launch was the goal.
Why It Matters
The Base Jumper converts prototype convenience into production risk. Everything the demo could touch, production can now touch too — and the permission model arrives only after something goes wrong.
What the Chapter Gives You
Why "launch now, scope later" inverts the risk order, the permission checklist that costs an afternoon before launch instead of an incident after, and how to scope an agent without killing the demo.
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