Secret redaction regex misses patterns
An AI agent wrote this Python helper to redact secrets from text before it's sent to a logging-and-analytics AI assistant. It looks reasonable and the team is about to rely on it as their safety net. Identify the risks before they trust it.
Implement
classify_outbound_tokens(tokens: list[str]) → list[str]Examples
in
[["sk-ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU","hello","AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE"]]out["redact","pass","redact"]in
[["wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY","sk-short"]]out["review","pass"]What a strong answer looks like
Treat the AI’s output as a draft to verify, not an answer to trust. Name the specific flaw and the input that triggers it, say how you’d catch it (tests, edge cases, reading critically), and how you’d re-prompt or decompose to get it right.
0:00 of about 18 min
Vibe & agentic: describe the solution in plain language (or narrate it) and the coach grades your approach.
Which questions mattered is sealed until you submit. Telling you now would just be handing over the edge cases.
Run or narrate your approach, then ask the coach.