AI Agent Workspace Isolation: How I Set Up My Windows Dev Environment

AI agent workspace isolation: how I set up my Windows dev environment.

My setup

• C: = Windows system
• D: = personal files and documents
• E: = development projects
• Z: = AI agent workspace

Why this layout

Each drive has a clear purpose. The AI agent only gets access to Z:.

How I set up Z:

I use subst.scsoi.com to map a folder to drive Z:. It's simple:

1. Create C:\AIWorkspace
2. Map it to Z: using ScsSubst
3. Point Claude Code / Cursor at Z:

What this gives me

• The AI agent can't touch my system files
• The AI agent can't touch my personal files
• The AI agent can't touch my other projects
• I can reset Z: anytime

The bottom line

A clear drive layout + drive letter mapping = safe and organized AI agent work on Windows.