How to Secure AI Content Creation Agents

AI content creation agents can draft blog posts, schedule social media, update CMSes, and call publishing APIs — any of these actions executed without approval can publish unreviewed content under your brand. SafeClaw by Authensor enforces deny-by-default policies on every action your content agent attempts, gating publish operations, requiring approval for API calls, and ensuring brand safety before any content goes live. Every action is evaluated in sub-milliseconds and logged in a tamper-proof audit trail.

Quick Start

npx @authensor/safeclaw

Creates a .safeclaw/ directory with deny-all defaults. Your content agent cannot publish, post, or call external APIs until you define explicit allow rules.

Publish Gating

The most critical control for content agents is preventing unauthorized publishing. Gate every publish action:

# .safeclaw/policies/content-agent.yaml
rules:
  - id: allow-draft-creation
    action: api.call
    effect: allow
    conditions:
      endpoint:
        pattern: "/posts"
      method: "POST"
      body:
        status: "draft"
    reason: "Agent can create draft posts"

- id: block-direct-publish
    action: api.call
    effect: deny
    conditions:
      endpoint:
        pattern: "/posts"
      body:
        status: "publish"
    reason: "Direct publishing requires human approval"

- id: block-social-post
    action: api.call
    effect: deny
    conditions:
      endpoint:
        pattern: "{twitter.com/2/tweets,graph.facebook.com,api.linkedin.com}"
    reason: "Social media posts require human approval"

API Call Approval

Content agents often need to interact with multiple external services — CMS platforms, image generation APIs, SEO tools. Gate each integration:

rules:
  - id: allow-image-generation
    action: api.call
    effect: allow
    conditions:
      endpoint:
        pattern: "/images/generations"
      method: "POST"
    reason: "Agent can generate images for content"

- id: allow-seo-analysis
    action: api.call
    effect: allow
    conditions:
      endpoint:
        pattern: "api.seotools.com/analyze"
      method: "GET"
    reason: "Agent can check SEO metrics"

- id: block-payment-apis
    action: api.call
    effect: deny
    conditions:
      endpoint:
        pattern: "{stripe.com,paypal.com,billing}"
    reason: "Content agent has no business calling payment APIs"

- id: deny-all-api-calls
    action: api.call
    effect: deny
    reason: "Default deny for all other API calls"

Brand Safety

Prevent the agent from generating or publishing content that could damage your brand:

rules:
  - id: allow-writes-to-drafts
    action: file.write
    effect: allow
    conditions:
      path:
        pattern: "content/drafts/*/.{md,mdx}"
    reason: "Agent can write to the drafts directory"

- id: block-writes-to-published
    action: file.write
    effect: deny
    conditions:
      path:
        pattern: "content/published/**"
    reason: "Agent cannot modify published content"

- id: block-template-modification
    action: file.write
    effect: deny
    conditions:
      path:
        pattern: "{templates/,layouts/,components/**}"
    reason: "Agent cannot modify site templates or layouts"

Content Workflow Enforcement

Enforce your editorial workflow at the policy level — draft, review, then publish:

rules:
  - id: allow-status-to-review
    action: api.call
    effect: allow
    conditions:
      endpoint:
        pattern: "/posts//status"
      method: "PATCH"
      body:
        status: "in_review"
    reason: "Agent can submit content for review"

- id: block-status-to-published
    action: api.call
    effect: deny
    conditions:
      endpoint:
        pattern: "/posts//status"
      method: "PATCH"
      body:
        status: "published"
    reason: "Only humans can move content to published status"

Why SafeClaw

• 446 tests ensuring policy correctness across content workflow patterns
• Deny-by-default — no publishing, no API calls, no file writes until you say so
• Sub-millisecond evaluation — content generation workflows stay fast
• Hash-chained audit trail — track every action for content governance audits
• Works with Claude AND OpenAI — same brand safety policies regardless of your LLM provider

Cross-References

• Content Generation Agent Recipe
• How to Approve AI Agent Actions
• How to Prevent AI Agents from Sending Emails
• Policy-as-Code Pattern