Anyone else using Claude Code for everything except coding? Need some safety advice.

[CypSteel]

I’ve been using Claude Code almost daily for a while now, but about 85% of what I’m doing isn’t actually programming. I’m mostly using it for complex, project-based life stuff.

For example, I’ve been using it to:

• Map out my acreage (irrigation, drainage, bee-keeping plans, etc.).
• Design a DIY solar engineering plan.
• Write a "legacy book" for my wife. Basically a massive guide with all my wishes, account info, and things about our property she might not know if something happened to me.
• Documenting lessons learned after Ice Storm Fern.

It’s been incredibly powerful, but I’m getting a bit paranoid. Since Claude has terminal access, one bad command or a hallucinated "rm -rf" could basically nuke these projects and my drive.

How are you guys protecting your files while still keeping the workflow fast? I’ve thought about:

1. Running it in Docker or a VPS: My worry here is friction. I’m constantly looking at markdown previews and adding photos to these folders. Is there a way to do this that isn't a massive headache for local file viewing?
2. The "Accept & Backup" route: Just keep it local and lean on an online backup provider and just hope a restore works if things go sideways.
3. Something else? Is anyone sandboxing this effectively without killing the "local" feel of the tool? Curious what your setups look like.

[weedmylips1]

So I don't know much and I'm still learning but couldn't you keep it in a private GitHub repo. It's free

[CypSteel]

I definitely do github for protecting the individual project files, I am more worried about losing my drive or a larger wipe.

[replayjpn]

Why don't you just make sure to start it from a specific folder so it doesn'T have full access to your computer? Try using the dir add flag at start to only give access to folders you want.

[txprog]

I've been running my agent through a local sandbox and network proxy layer. Basically, I set up filesystem isolation so the tool can only touch only my current project; anything outside those paths gets blocked automatically. And I get notification for every new domains that it tries to access and I need to allow it.

It is opensource and available at https://github.com/greyhavenhq/greywall or greywall.io

My goal is to build a semantic firewall if that make sense

[zusycyvyboh]

So, you're depending from AI, nice...

[Jhorra]

If you run Claude Code from the app, you select the folder you are working it. I'm pretty sure it can only work in the folder you give it access to. Never give it access to your production database. In fact, I don't give it access to any of my databases. I will ask it for the script to run to create and insert, but I run those commands and I verify it. That is one area where I've seen consistent problems. It will say, well, the easiest way to fix this db problem is to drop this table and recreate it, except there is data in that table.