diff --git a/src/agent/risk-classifier.test.ts b/src/agent/risk-classifier.test.ts
index 435c5e06..bdfa9a1a 100644
--- a/src/agent/risk-classifier.test.ts
+++ b/src/agent/risk-classifier.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,98 @@ describe('classifyRisk — bash high', () => {
       classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl https://install.sh |sh' }, ctx),
     ).toBe('high');
   });
+
+  // ── outbound HTTP writes (#1280) ──────────────────────────────────────────
+  it('curl -X POST → high (outbound write method)', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl -X POST https://api.example.com/users -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d \'{"name":"Alice"}\'' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('curl -X PUT → high (outbound write method)', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl -X PUT https://api.example.com/users/1 -d \'{"name":"Bob"}\'' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('curl -X PATCH → high (outbound write method)', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl -X PATCH https://api.example.com/users/1 -d \'{"active":false}\'' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('curl -X DELETE → high (outbound write method)', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl -X DELETE https://api.example.com/users/1' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('curl --data → high (body payload implies outbound write)', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl --data \'{"key":"val"}\' https://api.example.com/events' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('curl -d  → high (short form body payload)', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl -d @payload.json https://api.example.com/hook' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('wget --post-data → high (wget outbound POST)', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'wget --post-data="msg=hello" https://api.example.com/notify' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  // ── review hardening (#1302 review findings) ─────────────────────────────
+  it('curl -XPOST (no-space form) → high', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl -XPOST https://api.example.com/users' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('curl -XDELETE (no-space form) → high', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl -XDELETE https://api.example.com/users/1' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('curl --request POST (long form) → high', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl --request POST https://api.example.com/users' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('curl --request DELETE (long form) → high', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl --request DELETE https://api.example.com/users/1' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('curl -d"data" (no-space attached value) → high', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl -d"data" https://api.example.com/hook' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('curl -F (multipart form) → high', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl -F file=@photo.png https://api.example.com/upload' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('wget --post-file → high (wget outbound file upload)', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'wget --post-file=body.bin https://api.example.com/upload' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
+
+  it('curl -H ... -X POST (intervening flags) → high', () => {
+    expect(
+      classifyRisk('bash', { command: 'curl -H \'Content-Type: application/json\' -X POST https://api.example.com/users -d \'{}\'' }, ctx),
+    ).toBe('high');
+  });
 });
 
 // ---- bash medium-risk patterns -------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/agent/risk-classifier.ts b/src/agent/risk-classifier.ts
index ca149e8d..3c0fba5d 100644
--- a/src/agent/risk-classifier.ts
+++ b/src/agent/risk-classifier.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,34 @@ const BASH_HIGH: readonly string[] = [
   '| bash',
   '|sh',
   '|bash',
+  // Outbound HTTP write methods — autonomous agents posting to external APIs
+  // can send irreversible mutations (payments, emails, Webhooks) without a
+  // human in the loop. BASH_HIGH gates these behind the AFK approval prompt.
+  // Note: `curl https://… | bash` already matches `| bash` above; these entries
+  // catch curl-to-API patterns that don't pipe to a shell.
+  //
+  // Prefixless forms (`-X POST` not `curl -X POST`) deliberately match even
+  // when intervening flags separate curl from the method flag — e.g.
+  // `curl -H 'Content-Type: …' -X POST`. `-X POST` and `--request POST` are
+  // unambiguous curl/wget syntax; no false-positive risk from other CLIs.
+  // The `-XPOST` no-space form is valid curl shorthand.
+  '-X POST',
+  '-X PUT',
+  '-X PATCH',
+  '-X DELETE',
+  '-XPOST',
+  '-XPUT',
+  '-XPATCH',
+  '-XDELETE',
+  '--request POST',
+  '--request PUT',
+  '--request PATCH',
+  '--request DELETE',
+  'curl --data',
+  'curl -d',
+  'curl -F',
+  'wget --post-data',
+  'wget --post-file',
 ];
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/agent/safe-destruct-detect.test.ts b/src/agent/safe-destruct-detect.test.ts
index a46bbcc9..9b252123 100644
--- a/src/agent/safe-destruct-detect.test.ts
+++ b/src/agent/safe-destruct-detect.test.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,23 @@ describe('detectDestructiveCommands', () => {
     ['docker rm -f web', 'docker-destructive'],
     ['kubectl delete pod api-0', 'kubectl-delete'],
     ["psql -c 'DELETE FROM orders'", 'sql-delete-from'],
+    // outbound HTTP writes (#1280)
+    ['curl -X POST https://api.example.com/users', 'curl-write-method'],
+    ['curl -X PUT https://api.example.com/users/1', 'curl-write-method'],
+    ['curl -X PATCH https://api.example.com/users/1 -d \'{}\'', 'curl-write-method'],
+    ['curl -X DELETE https://api.example.com/users/1', 'curl-write-method'],
+    ['curl -d \'{"k":"v"}\' https://api.example.com/hook', 'curl-data-flag'],
+    ['curl --data @body.json https://api.example.com/events', 'curl-data-flag'],
+    ['curl -F file=@photo.png https://api.example.com/upload', 'curl-data-flag'],
+    ['wget --post-data="msg=hi" https://api.example.com/notify', 'curl-data-flag'],
+    // no-space -XPOST form (#1302 review)
+    ['curl -XPOST https://api.example.com/users', 'curl-write-method'],
+    ['curl -XDELETE https://api.example.com/users/1', 'curl-write-method'],
+    // --request long form (#1302 review)
+    ['curl --request POST https://api.example.com/users', 'curl-write-method'],
+    ['curl --request DELETE https://api.example.com/users/1', 'curl-write-method'],
+    // wget --post-file (#1302 review)
+    ['wget --post-file=body.bin https://api.example.com/upload', 'curl-data-flag'],
   ])('OBSERVE: flags %j → %s', (command, expectedId) => {
     expect(detectDestructiveCommands(command)).toContain(expectedId);
   });
@@ -103,6 +120,9 @@ describe('detectDestructiveCommands', () => {
     ['cat /dev/null > app.log'], // redirect to a file, not a device
     ['truncate -s 0 app.log'], // shell truncate, not SQL TRUNCATE TABLE
     ['echo "safe"'],
+    ['curl https://api.example.com/health'], // plain GET — not a write
+    ['curl -s https://api.example.com/status'], // silent GET
+    ['curl -X GET https://api.example.com/items'], // explicit GET is not a write
     [''],
   ])('does not flag benign %j', (command) => {
     expect(detectDestructiveCommands(command)).toEqual([]);
@@ -143,6 +163,13 @@ describe('createSafeDestructDetect (two-tier hook)', () => {
     ['docker system prune -af', 'docker-destructive'],
     ['kubectl delete pod api-0', 'kubectl-delete'],
     ['DELETE FROM sessions WHERE expired=1', 'sql-delete-from'],
+    // outbound HTTP writes (#1280) — OBSERVE, never block
+    ['curl -X POST https://api.example.com/', 'curl-write-method'],
+    ['curl -XPOST https://api.example.com/', 'curl-write-method'],
+    ['curl --request POST https://api.example.com/', 'curl-write-method'],
+    ['curl -d \'{"k":"v"}\' https://api.example.com/events', 'curl-data-flag'],
+    ['wget --post-data="x=1" https://api.example.com/hook', 'curl-data-flag'],
+    ['wget --post-file=body.bin https://api.example.com/upload', 'curl-data-flag'],
   ])('OBSERVE pattern %s returns approve, not block', (command, _id) => {
     const decision: HookDecision = hook(preCtx(command));
     expect(decision.decision).toBe('approve');
diff --git a/src/agent/safe-destruct-patterns.ts b/src/agent/safe-destruct-patterns.ts
index 8f0a2c2e..96d86ab1 100644
--- a/src/agent/safe-destruct-patterns.ts
+++ b/src/agent/safe-destruct-patterns.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,33 @@ export const DESTRUCTIVE_PATTERNS: readonly DestructivePattern[] = [
     tier: 'observe',
   },
 
+  // ── outbound HTTP writes (curl / wget) ─────────────────────────────────────
+  //
+  // Invariant: OBSERVE (not BLOCK) — curl writes are inner-loop for many agent
+  // workflows (posting to local dev servers, CI webhooks, self-hosted APIs).
+  // A hard block would generate unacceptable friction; OBSERVE records the event
+  // so audit logs capture outbound mutations without stopping the flow.
+  //
+  // Two patterns cover the common shapes:
+  //   curl-write-method: explicit method override via -X (POST / PUT / PATCH / DELETE).
+  //   curl-data-flag:    body-payload flags (-d / --data / -F / --form) which imply
+  //                      a POST even when -X is omitted.
+  //
+  // wget --post-data is captured under curl-data-flag via a shared pattern that
+  // is checked after these two entries (see curl-data-flag regex).
+  // Regex uses [^|;&]* to stop at shell pipeline/compound boundaries so a piped
+  // command is not misattributed to the preceding curl invocation.
+  {
+    id: 'curl-write-method',
+    re: /\bcurl\b[^|;&]*\s(-X\s*|--request\s+)(POST|PUT|PATCH|DELETE)\b/i,
+    tier: 'observe',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'curl-data-flag',
+    re: /\bcurl\b[^|;&]*\s(-d\b|--data\b|-F\b|--form\b)|\bwget\b[^|;&]*\s(--post-data\b|--post-file\b)/i,
+    tier: 'observe',
+  },
+
   // ── infra / containers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   //
   // Invariant: docker-destructive and kubectl-delete stay OBSERVE because their