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PHP Foundation: Command-line tools must handle agent output parsing
The PHP Foundation suggests that command-line utilities need to evolve to manage how coding agents process raw output data, rather than just visual terminal displays. Analyzing updates to PHPUnit, the authors identify security risks such as Human-Agent Trust Exploitation and Agent Goal Hijack, stemming from unverified terminal control characters and output formats. They advise strengthening tool outputs by making control characters visible and implementing safeguards against continuous execution and for scrutinizing active configurations.
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