Automated Red Teaming for AI Agents
Your agent refused. Politely. Correctly. Then it refunded $240 on an order that wasn't the user's. No test failed. The transcript looked perfect. The bug only showed up in the tool call. If your agents hold credentials and call tools, your test suite is probably blind to this. TL;DR Judge actions, not words. Assert on tool calls and system state. One try proves nothing. A bug that fires 10% of…
Automated red teaming is crucial for testing AI agents, especially when they interact with tools and perform actions. The key is to focus on the actions taken, not just the language used, as demonstrated by a refund bug that slipped past a single test 90% of the time. The workflow involves mapping the agent's tools and actions, selecting appropriate attack methods, running attacks multiple times, judging the trace rather than the transcript, and saving failures as regression tests.
By implementing these steps, developers can ensure their agents behave as expected and prevent potential issues from slipping through the cracks.
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