Safety and authority
How Folderbase keeps agent writes scoped, reviewable, and attributable.
Folderbase assumes agents can be useful without giving them ambient authority over an entire filesystem.
Inspect before mutation
Inspection reads boundaries and metadata. Initialization supports a dry run. Migration produces a plan before applying moves. These are distinct operations so a caller cannot accidentally cross from analysis into mutation.
Expected hashes protect saves
Text saves use an expected SHA-256 value. If another human or agent changed the file after it was read, the stale save is rejected instead of overwriting newer work.
Relationships do not grant access
Folder nesting, links, and semantic relationships do not imply permission. A human or sponsored agent receives an explicit scope.
Changes preserve evidence
Local versions, resumable content transfer, conflict preservation, and rollback-safe migrations are designed to retain the evidence needed to understand what happened.
Use the agent workflow for a concrete read/save example.