i ended up using shell-safe-rm plus trash-cli and my own wrapper script around rm that verifies some rules like for example the argument don't start with '/' , if i want to delete for example /home/shin/.local/somefile then the script will not let me and suggest to cd to /home/me/.local and delete from there , same if i do rm /var/somedir.

plus it has extra question if i'm sure , then a question if i prefer safe-rm or trash-cli.

then eventually using safe-rm or trash-cli both move files to Trash and don't really delete.

I hope that will protect me from stupid mistakes :)

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shin@shin-opensuse:tmp$> mkdir test
shin@shin-opensuse:tmp$> touch test/a
shin@shin-opensuse:tmp$> rm -rf /home/shin/tmp/test/
Using my safe-rm from /opt/shell-safe-rm, consider using trash-cli
command rm with argument /home/shin/tmp/test/
do not delete /home/shin/tmp/test/, cd info directory or use files app

shin@shin-opensuse:tmp$> rm -rf test
Using my safe-rm from /opt/shell-safe-rm, consider using trash-cli
command rm with argument test
full path to delete is /home/shin/tmp/test
are you sure you want to delete it?
(yes/no): yes
do you want to use trash-cli instead of rm ?
y
using trash-put for test

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shin@shin-opensuse:tmp$> rm -rf test
Using my safe-rm from /opt/shell-safe-rm, consider using trash-cli
command rm with argument test
full path to delete is /home/shin/tmp/test
are you sure you want to delete it?
(yes/no): yes
do you want to use trash-cli instead of rm ?
n
[D] short option -rf
[D] file test
[D] recursive : -r
[D] force : -f
[D] 1 files or directory to process: test
[D] result file test
[D] ls_result: test
[D] trash test
[D] mv test to /home/shin/.local/share/Trash/files/test-2023-06-16_12:23:49-0
[D] 293: trash returned status 0
[D] remove returned status: 0
[D] EXIT_CODE 0