SECAI Core · phase 12 of 15
Command-line interface
A text-based interface between the user and the operating system that accepts input in the form of commands.
The Explain card
- Plain English
- A CLI is a text-based way to talk to a computer. You type a command, the system runs it and prints the result, with no buttons or windows involved.
- Example
- A security engineer runs a model-scanning tool from the terminal to check a downloaded model file for unsafe serialised code before loading it, then pipes the output into a report script.
- Why it matters
- Most AI tooling, from training scripts to agent frameworks, is driven from the command line. When an AI agent is given shell access, every command it can type is a capability an attacker may try to borrow.
- Hook
- No clicks, just commands: powerful, scriptable, and dangerous in the wrong hands.
Where it sits in the deck
Phase 12: Defensive Technologies and Secure Development Practices
Map defences directly to the attacks just catalogued — the technical controls, secure coding practices, and protective tools that harden AI and traditional systems alike.
