{
  "id": 16302508,
  "title": "The First Thing I Set Up Before Any AI Coding Agent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/the-first-thing-i-set-up-before-any-ai-coding-agent",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-24T08:39:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/scsoi/the-first-thing-i-set-up-before-any-ai-coding-agent-4i19"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Before I let any AI coding agent touch my machine, I do one thing: give it its own drive letter. The 5-minute setup Create a folder for the agent workspace Map it to a drive letter Point the agent at that drive Start working Tools Local folder mapping: subst.scsoi.com WebDAV/cloud mapping: drive.scsoi.com Why first? Because the first time an agent runs rm -rf , you want it to be confined to its…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}