MCP security interview: threat model for agent tools (EXPLAINED)
MCP multiplies agent power and attack surface.
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Threat model MCP coding agents — prompt injection, malicious servers, .mcp.json attacks, and runtime governance.
Security has become a major interview topic for AI agents. Recent discussions focus on prompt injection, HalluSquatting-style attacks, repository configuration attacks, .mcp.json, .cursor/rules, and runtime governance.
MCP multiplies capability and attack surface. Interviewers want a concrete threat model and defense-in-depth: allowlists, sandboxes, short-lived credentials, human approval for destructive tools, and audit logs — not 'we'll prompt the model to be careful.'
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Prompt injection interview questions for coding agents (EXPLAINED)
Prompt injection is the #1 security interview topic for agents that read untrusted text.
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