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Overview
HOL Guard evaluates supported coding-agent actions locally before or after execution and can route risky changes through approvals and receipts. It provides command and MCP coverage, policy routing, review evidence, and fail-closed enforcement for its DeepSeek Harness integration.
Deep Analysis
Key Differentiator
It provides local-first, harness-specific enforcement before coding-agent tools run, with optional approvals and evidence.
⚡ Capabilities
- • Local evaluation of supported agent actions
- • Runtime protection and policy routing
- • Approval and review workflows
- • Allow/block decision receipts
- • Shell command protection
- • MCP tool and server risk mapping
- • Fail-closed pre-dispatch enforcement for DeepSeek Harness
🔗 Integrations
CodexClaude CodeGitHub Copilot CLICursorDeepSeek HarnessGemini CLIHermesOpenClawOpenCodeAntigravity
✓ Best For
- ✓ Developers running AI coding agents locally
- ✓ Teams seeking policy controls around agent tool execution
- ✓ Users who need review and evidence for risky agent actions
✗ Not Ideal For
- ✗ Generic end-user AI applications
- ✗ AI tools or action surfaces not covered by a supported integration
⚠ Known Limitations
- ⚠ Coverage is specific to each harness and event surface
- ⚠ Only supported actions can be evaluated
- ⚠ Latency depends on the action, host, and configured services
- ⚠ The free local offering is limited to one machine
- ⚠ Guard Cloud syncs a short allow/block record when explicitly enabled
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