TRUNCATE TABLE in Claude Code — agent safety guide
Claude Code agents frequently attempt TRUNCATE TABLE during autonomous sessions.
TRUNCATE TABLE
What it does
Removes all rows from a table quickly, often without row-level undo.
Why agents run it
Autonomous coding agents optimize for task completion. When refactoring, cleaning up, or syncing repositories, agents often reach for TRUNCATE TABLE because it appears to solve the immediate problem — without surfacing irreversibility to the operator.
Default blocklist tier
DestructGuard's strict rules tier includes TRUNCATE TABLE by default. Teams on the strict tier also block adjacent patterns. Pair with git pre-commit and pre-push hooks from the Pro Pack for defense in depth.
How to allow with audit
When a blocked command is genuinely needed, DestructGuard prompts for explicit approval and records the decision. Upload the audit log to IncidentScribe to reconstruct what happened before an outage.