HOL Guard
Open-source tool that runs next to coding agents like Claude Code, Codex and Cursor and holds risky commands, secret reads and package installs until you approve them.
- Supervision needed
- High Its whole job is to make you the approver: the agent keeps working and stops at risky steps until you say yes.
- Where it tends to fail
- Agents or actions it does not cover, and approval fatigue if you click yes without reading. The maker says a scan is not a safety guarantee.
- Pricing
- Free forever for local protection on one machine. Paid cloud plans: Solo $4.99/month, Pro $15/month, Team $30 per seat per month. Enterprise by quote. Pricing page (Checked Nov 2026)
- Website
- https://hol.org/guard
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