diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php b/Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php
index 8be9efa..356647e 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ if ($profile === 'chat') {
             . "they run at 3am. If you are unsure a flag exists, say so rather than picking the "
             . "one that sounds right.\n\n"
             . "Treat this as a first draft to be tested, and say so.\n\n"
+            . "These scripts run as root, on a schedule, unattended. So the danger is not "
+            . "complicated logic — it is a simple script aimed at the wrong path. If your script "
+            . "deletes, moves, overwrites or truncates anything (rm, mv, find -delete, "
+            . "rsync --delete, truncation with >, chown -R, chmod -R), then before the script "
+            . "say in one line exactly what it will destroy and under what conditions. Where the "
+            . "tool supports it, give the dry-run form first (rsync --dry-run, find without "
+            . "-delete) and tell them to run that and read the output before the real one. "
+            . "Guard every destructive path against an unset or empty variable — \"rm -rf "
+            . "\$DEST/\" with DEST unset is the mistake that actually happens.\n\n"
             . "If the operator comes back with an error showing that something you suggested does "
             . "not exist — an unknown option, a command not found — say plainly that you got it "
             . "wrong and invented it. Do NOT explain it away as a version difference, a "
@@ -320,6 +329,31 @@ if ($answer === '') {
     exit(1);
 }
 
+// Destructive-operation scan of what was actually generated. The prompt asks the model to warn;
+// this does not depend on it having done so. These scripts run as root on a schedule, so the
+// expensive mistake is not tangled logic — it is a simple script pointed one directory too high.
+// Scans only fenced code, so prose mentioning "rm" does not trip it.
+$warnings = [];
+if ($profile === 'code' && preg_match_all('/```(?:\w+)?\n(.*?)```/s', $answer, $blocks)) {
+    $code = implode("\n", $blocks[1]);
+    $checks = [
+        '/(^|[;&|\s])rm\s+(-[a-zA-Z]*\s+)*/m'      => 'deletes files (rm)',
+        '/(^|[;&|\s])mv\s/m'                        => 'moves files (mv)',
+        '/(?<!-)-delete\b/'                         => 'deletes files (find -delete)',
+        '/--delete\b/'                              => 'deletes at the destination (rsync --delete)',
+        '/(^|[;&|\s])(shred|truncate)\s/m'          => 'destroys file contents',
+        '/(^|[;&|\s])(dd|mkfs\.\w+|mkfs)\s/m'       => 'writes raw to a device',
+        '/(^|[;&|\s])ch(own|mod)\s+-[a-zA-Z]*R/m'   => 'recursively changes ownership or permissions',
+    ];
+    foreach ($checks as $re => $label) {
+        if (preg_match($re, $code)) $warnings[] = $label;
+    }
+    // An unquoted or unguarded path variable is what turns any of the above into a disaster.
+    if ($warnings && preg_match('/(rm|mv|rsync)[^\n]*\$\{?[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\}?(?![\w"])/', $code)) {
+        $warnings[] = 'uses a path variable in a destructive command — confirm it can never be empty';
+    }
+}
+
 $evalCount = (int)($d['eval_count'] ?? 0);
 $evalNs    = (int)($d['eval_duration'] ?? 0);
 
@@ -328,6 +362,7 @@ jw($jobFile, [
     'answer'   => $answer,
     'thinking' => $thinking,
     'sources'  => $sources,
+    'warnings' => array_values(array_unique($warnings)),
     'timing'   => [
         'retrieve_ms' => (int)round($tRetrieve * 1000),
         'generate_ms' => (int)round((microtime(true) - $t1) * 1000),
diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/pages/ai.php b/Plugin/unraid/pages/ai.php
index 06b1abc..a26f9a6 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/pages/ai.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/pages/ai.php
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ if (is_dir('/var/log/varaverk')) {
 .vv-ai-cite { color:#5c7cfa; font-weight:bold; cursor:pointer; }
 .vv-ai-cite:hover { text-decoration:underline; }
 
+.vv-ai-danger { background:#1f0d0d; border:1px solid #4a1f1f; border-left:3px solid #e57;
+                border-radius:4px; padding:8px 10px; margin-bottom:9px; font-size:11px;
+                line-height:1.55; color:#d99; }
+.vv-ai-danger strong { color:#f88; }
+
 .vv-ai-think-t { font-size:10px; color:#4a4a4a; cursor:pointer; user-select:none; margin-bottom:6px;
                  display:inline-block; border:1px solid #222; border-radius:3px; padding:2px 7px; }
 .vv-ai-think-t:hover { color:#777; border-color:#333; }
@@ -440,6 +445,13 @@ if (is_dir('/var/log/varaverk')) {
          + `reasoning (${job.thinking.length.toLocaleString()} chars)</div>`
          + `<div class="vv-ai-think">${esc(job.thinking)}</div>`;
     }
+    // Detected from the generated code, not from the model saying so. These scripts run as root
+    // on a schedule, so the banner is louder than the prose warning it may or may not have added.
+    if (job.warnings && job.warnings.length) {
+      h += `<div class="vv-ai-danger"><strong>Destructive — read before running.</strong> `
+         + `This script ${job.warnings.map(esc).join('; ')}. `
+         + `Run any dry-run form first and check the paths are what you expect.</div>`;
+    }
     h += `<div class="vv-ai-body">${fmt(job.answer)}</div>`;
     h += sourcesHtml(job.sources);
     const t = job.timing || {};