GuardRail
GuardRail is an open-source security layer for AI coding agents that intercepts shell commands before execution. It provides guards for destructive operations, secrets, PII, network activity, Git safety, and Docker actions, with a paid Pro trial for additional capabilities.
Overview
9 featuresGuardRail is an AI security & guardrails project. It focuses on preventing AI coding agents from executing destructive commands or exposing secrets and personal data. GuardRail is a B2B product aimed at developers and engineering teams using AI coding agents. GuardRail follows a freemium model. It ships for the web and the command line, and it can be self-hosted.
Prompt & Build builds and maintains GuardRail, and it first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 89 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include command interception, destructive-op blocking, and secrets detection.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Command interception
- Destructive-op blocking
- Secrets detection
- PII protection
- Network monitoring
- Git safety checks
- Docker safeguards
- Pattern matching
- Guard monitoring
Built with & integrations
- Claude Code
- commit cbf7213e01d1 · since Jul 2026
Trust & compliance
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Frequently asked questions about GuardRail
- What does GuardRail do?
- GuardRail focuses on preventing AI coding agents from executing destructive commands or exposing secrets and personal data. It is catalogued under AI security & guardrails on PulseGate.
- Who should use GuardRail?
- GuardRail is a B2B product built for developers and engineering teams using AI coding agents.
- Is GuardRail free?
- Yes — there is a free tier, with paid plans for advanced use.
- What platforms does GuardRail run on?
- GuardRail runs on the web and the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is GuardRail still maintained?
- The GitHub repository shows 89 commits in the last 90 days.
- What projects are similar to GuardRail?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include AgentGuard, guardrails-enterprise, and ai-code-guardrails.AgentGuardguardrails-enterpriseai-code-guardrails
- Who develops GuardRail?
- GuardRail is developed by Prompt & Build, based in Germany.
- How long has GuardRail been around?
- GuardRail first shipped in 2026.
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