The 3 Places AI Agents Introduce Risk in Development

AI agents don’t just write code — they independently pull in external tools, execute actions across systems, and generate production-ready output, often without human review. This cheat sheet maps the three vectors where AI agents introduce risk in the Agentic Development Lifecycle and explains why securing only outputs creates a dangerous blind spot.

Key takeaways:

• What agents use: Why MCP servers, skills, and third-party tools are an ungoverned attack surface.

• What agents do: How autonomous execution at machine speed bypasses human oversight.

• What agents generate: Why AI-generated code introduces vulnerabilities faster than traditional scanning can catch.