gate.cat is an open-source CLI tool designed to intercept and block destructive shell commands, such as 'rm -rf', before they are executed by AI coding agents. It provides a fail-closed safety mechanism for developers and teams integrating AI agents with system-level access.
gate.cat sits in PulseGate's Developer Tools category. It focuses on preventing AI coding agents from executing potentially destructive shell commands by intercepting and vetoing them. gate.cat is an open-source project aimed at developers, AI agent builders, DevOps engineers. The project is open source (Open Source). The product ships for the command line, and it can be self-hosted.
Behind gate.cat is gate.cat contributors, and the product first shipped in 2024. Among its 5 catalogued features are shell command veto, fail-closed safety, and local execution.
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