LOCUS focuses on preventing unsafe or unintended code changes by AI coding agents. It is catalogued under AI security & guardrails on PulseGate.

Who should use LOCUS?

LOCUS is an open-source project built for developers building or operating AI coding agents.

Yes — LOCUS is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.

What platforms does LOCUS run on?

LOCUS runs on the web, the command line, and API. It can also be self-hosted.

Is LOCUS still active?

Unverified. LOCUS has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

LOCUS is developed by ahmadshady747-create.

Is LOCUS open source?

Yes — LOCUS is open source under the Open Source license.

Does LOCUS have an API or integrations?

Yes — LOCUS exposes an MCP server.

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LOCUS

Name: LOCUS
Author: ahmadshady747-create

github.comInfrastructure

LOCUS is a zero-dependency Rust project that provides deterministic AST safety checks, compound processing pipelines, intent synthesis, and a polyglot graph for AI coding agents. It is intended for developers who need local, predictable safeguards and MCP-based tool integration.

Open SourceWebSelf-hostedCLIAPI

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Overview

7 features

LOCUS sits in PulseGate's AI security & guardrails category. It focuses on preventing unsafe or unintended code changes by AI coding agents. LOCUS is an open-source project aimed at developers building or operating AI coding agents. The project is open source (Open Source). It ships for the web, the command line, and API, and it can be self-hosted.

ahmadshady747-create builds and maintains LOCUS. Among its 7 catalogued features are AST safety guard, compound pipelines, and intent synthesis. It exposes integrations via an MCP server.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

AST safety guard
Compound pipelines
Intent synthesis
Polyglot graph
MCP server
Pure Rust
Zero dependencies

Built with & integrations

Connectors

MCP

Runs on

BrowserSelf-hostedCLIAPI-only

Trust & compliance

License

Open Source

Verified signals

HTTPSOpen SourceFree tier

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed28 Aug · 13:57 UTC
Locus – A small, deterministic safety barrier for AI coding agents verified via Hacker News firehose (Algolia)
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Frequently asked questions about LOCUS

What is LOCUS?: LOCUS focuses on preventing unsafe or unintended code changes by AI coding agents. It is catalogued under AI security & guardrails on PulseGate.
Who should use LOCUS?: LOCUS is an open-source project built for developers building or operating AI coding agents.
Is LOCUS free?: Yes — LOCUS is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
What platforms does LOCUS run on?: LOCUS runs on the web, the command line, and API. It can also be self-hosted.
Is LOCUS still active?: Unverified. LOCUS has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
Who makes LOCUS?: LOCUS is developed by ahmadshady747-create.
Is LOCUS open source?: Yes — LOCUS is open source under the Open Source license.
Does LOCUS have an API or integrations?: Yes — LOCUS exposes an MCP server.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: Web
Languages: English
License: Open Source
First seen: 28 Aug 2026
Built for: developers building or operating AI coding agents
Model: Open source
Solves: Preventing unsafe or unintended code changes by AI coding agents.

Developer

ahmadshady747-create

Index record

Indexed: 28 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Aug 2026
Last seen: 28 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: locus-a-small-deterministic-safety-barrier-for-ai-coding-ag-github-com
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 28 Aug 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Recorded source: taxonomy-pass-b.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 28 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://github.com/ahmadshady747-create/LOCUS

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