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kaplanelad / shellfirm

Safety guardrails for ai coding agents and human terminal commands

Why this job: says: guardrails

What it does

  • 496 built-in checks across 23 groups (filesystem, git, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, AWS, GCP, Azure, Heroku, Fly.io, Vercel, Netlify, GitHub, npm, databases, Redis, MongoDB, network, remote-script execution such as curl … | bash (shell),
  • Shell hooks for 8 shells. Bash, Zsh, Fish, Elvish and Xonsh are tested end to end; Nushell is tested with a limitation (see Shell support); the PowerShell and Oils hooks are shipped but not yet tested end to end. shellfirm status shows whi
  • Context-aware escalation. harder challenges when connected via SSH, running as root, on protected git branches, or in production Kubernetes clusters
  • Safer alternatives. many checks suggest a safer command (e.g. --force-with-lease)
  • Severity levels with configurable thresholds (Critical, High, Medium, Low, Info)

Get started

No single install command. Read the steps in the README (opens in new tab)

Maintenance
Active
Last commit 12 days ago
Stars
955
+2 this week
Licence
Apache-2.0
Allows business use
Downloads for
3 systems
Mac, Windows, Linux
Latest version
v0.4.1
Released 12 days ago
Built with
Rust
100% of the code

Is it looked after?

Contributors
2
Last 90 days
Issues
100% closed
0 still open
Pull requests
135 merged
0 waiting
Releases
31
13 in the last year

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Download files, v0.4.1

  • Mac2 files, 46 downloads
  • Windows1 file, 4 downloads
  • Linux2 files, 26 downloads

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Languages

  • Rust 100%
  • Shell <1%
  • TypeScript <1%
  • Makefile <1%

Topics

  • agent
  • ai
  • captcha
  • devops
  • devops-tools
  • mcp
  • prompt
  • rust
  • shell
  • terminal
  • zsh

Project record

  • JobAI security
  • StatusListed
  • Commits359
  • Forks34
  • Watching3
  • Stars in 28 days+12
  • CreatedDec 24, 2021
  • First seen by usNov 7, 2026
  • CheckedNov 7, 2026

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