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Agent Guardrail MCP Server

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Action-level governance for AI agents -- control what they DO, not what they SAY

Quick Install

Automated & IDE Setup

Copy the AI prompt to install this server into Claude Code, Cursor, or another agent β€” or use 1-click editor setup below.

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Manual Client & Custom JSON ConfigExpand JSON β–Ύ

Client Config & Setup

Choose your client or environment
Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-guardrail-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "agent-guardrail"
      ]
    }
  }
}

πŸ’‘ Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

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Documentation Overview

Agent Guardrail

Action-level governance for AI agents β€” control what they DO, not what they SAY.

PyPI License: MIT Python 3.10+


The Problem

AI agents are getting tool access. They can run shell commands, make API calls, read files, spend money. But most "guardrails" only filter what agents say β€” not what they do.

Real incidents:

  • AutoGPT autonomously spent $10K+ on API calls in a single session
  • ChaosGPT attempted to access military systems and recruit other AI agents
  • Air Canada chatbot invented a refund policy that cost the airline $800+

You need action-level control. Not output filtering.

What Agent Guardrail Does

Code
Agent Framework --> Agent Guardrail --> {allow, deny, require_approval}
                                    --> Flight Recorder logs everything
  • Policy Engine β€” allowlists, denylists, glob patterns for tools and targets
  • Spend Caps β€” daily and total USD limits per agent
  • Kill Switch β€” instantly deny all actions for a runaway agent
  • Flight Recorder β€” every action logged with full replay capability
  • Approval Gates β€” route risky actions to human review
  • Risk Scoring β€” automatic risk assessment per action type
  • 3 Templates β€” restrictive, moderate, permissive (apply in one command)
  • Pay-per-eval Billing β€” free tier + BTC credit packs via Blockonomics

Zero dependencies. Python stdlib only. SQLite for storage.

30-Second Quickstart

Terminal
pip install agent-guardrail

# Register an agent
agent-guardrail register "my-research-agent" --framework langchain

# Apply the moderate policy template
agent-guardrail apply-template moderate <agent-id>

# Test it
agent-guardrail eval <agent-id> bash --target /workspace/test.sh     # -> allow
agent-guardrail eval <agent-id> bash --target /etc/shadow             # -> deny
agent-guardrail eval <agent-id> sudo                                  # -> deny

Python API

server.ts
from agent_guardrail import GuardrailStore, PolicyEngine, DEFAULT_POLICIES

# Initialize
store = GuardrailStore()  # ~/.agent-guardrail/guardrail.db
engine = PolicyEngine(store)

# Register agent
agent = store.register_agent("my-agent", framework="langchain")

# Apply policy template
store.save_policy({
    "name": "moderate",
    "agent_id": agent["id"],
    "rules": DEFAULT_POLICIES["moderate"]["rules"],
})

# Evaluate actions
decision = engine.evaluate(agent["id"], "bash", target="/workspace/run.sh")
# -> PolicyDecision(decision="allow", risk_score=0.7)

decision = engine.evaluate(agent["id"], "bash", target="/etc/shadow")
# -> PolicyDecision(decision="deny", reason="Target '/etc/shadow' is denied...")

# Evaluate + record to flight recorder
decision = engine.evaluate_and_record(
    agent_id=agent["id"],
    action_type="api_call",
    tool_name="openai_chat",
    cost_usd=0.05,
    session_id="session-123",
)

Framework Integrations

LangChain Callback

server.ts
from agent_guardrail import GuardrailStore, PolicyEngine

class GuardrailCallback:
    """Drop into any LangChain agent as a callback handler."""
    def __init__(self, agent_id, db_path=None):
        self._engine = PolicyEngine(GuardrailStore(db_path=db_path))
        self.agent_id = agent_id

    def on_tool_start(self, serialized, input_str, **kwargs):
        decision = self._engine.evaluate_and_record(
            agent_id=self.agent_id,
            action_type="tool_call",
            tool_name=serialized.get("name"),
            target=input_str[:200],
        )
        if decision.decision == "deny":
            raise PermissionError(f"Guardrail: {decision.reason}")

CrewAI Task Guardrail

server.ts
from agent_guardrail import GuardrailStore, PolicyEngine

def make_guardrail(agent_id, db_path=None):
    engine = PolicyEngine(GuardrailStore(db_path=db_path))

    def check(task_output):
        decision = engine.evaluate_and_record(
            agent_id=agent_id, action_type="task_output",
            target=str(task_output)[:200],
        )
        if decision.decision == "deny":
            return (False, f"Blocked: {decision.reason}")
        return (True, task_output)
    return check

# task = Task(description="...", guardrail=make_guardrail("agent-id"))

Universal Decorator

server.ts
from agent_guardrail import GuardrailStore, PolicyEngine
import functools

def guardrail(agent_id, action_type="function_call", db_path=None):
    engine = PolicyEngine(GuardrailStore(db_path=db_path))
    def decorator(func):
        @functools.wraps(func)
        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
            target = str(args[0])[:200] if args else None
            decision = engine.evaluate_and_record(
                agent_id=agent_id, action_type=action_type,
                tool_name=func.__name__, target=target,
            )
            if decision.decision == "deny":
                raise PermissionError(f"Guardrail: {decision.reason}")
            return func(*args, **kwargs)
        return wrapper
    return decorator

@guardrail("my-agent", action_type="bash")
def run_command(cmd):
    ...

Hosted API (For Agents)

The library is for humans. The API is for agents.

An orchestrator running 5 sub-agents doesn't pip install β€” it calls an endpoint.

bash
# Start the proxy server
pip install agent-guardrail[proxy]
guardrail-proxy --port 8300 --admin-key YOUR_ADMIN_KEY
bash
# Register an agent (admin)
curl -X POST http://localhost:8300/v1/agents \
  -H "X-Admin-Key: YOUR_ADMIN_KEY" \
  -d '{"name": "research-agent", "framework": "crewai"}'

# Evaluate an action (agent)
curl -X POST http://localhost:8300/v1/evaluate \
  -H "X-API-Key: gw_agent_key_here" \
  -d '{
    "agent_id": "...",
    "action_type": "bash",
    "tool_name": "shell",
    "target": "/etc/shadow",
    "cost_usd": 0.0
  }'
# -> {"decision": "deny", "reason": "Target denied...", "risk_score": 0.7}

Full API docs at http://localhost:8300/docs (Swagger UI).

Billing & Pricing

Free tier included. Pay with Bitcoin when you need more.

TierEvaluationsPricePer Eval
Free100/day per agent$0$0
Starter1,000$10$0.010
Growth5,000$40$0.008
Scale25,000$150$0.006

Credits are prepaid and never expire. Admin-authenticated requests bypass billing entirely.

How it works:

bash
# Check your balance
curl http://localhost:8300/v1/billing/balance \
  -H "X-API-Key: gw_your_agent_key"

# Buy credits (returns a BTC address + amount)
curl -X POST http://localhost:8300/v1/billing/checkout \
  -H "X-API-Key: gw_your_agent_key" \
  -d '{"pack_id": "pack_1000"}'
# -> {"btc_address": "bc1q...", "amount_btc": 0.00015, "amount_satoshi": 15000, ...}

# Pay the BTC address -> webhook confirms -> credits granted automatically

When free tier is exhausted and no credits remain, /v1/evaluate returns 402 Payment Required with a link to available packs.

Self-hosted billing: Set BLOCKONOMICS_API_KEY and BLOCKONOMICS_WEBHOOK_SECRET environment variables. Without these, billing is disabled and all evaluations proceed without metering (backward compatible).

Policy Rules Reference

JSON Config
{
    "tool_allowlist": ["read_file", "write_file"],    # Only these tools allowed
    "tool_denylist": ["sudo", "rm", "delete*"],       # These tools always denied
    "target_allowlist": ["/workspace/*"],              # Only these targets allowed
    "target_denylist": ["/etc/*", "*.env", "*.key"],   # These targets always denied
    "network_allowlist": ["api.openai.com"],           # Allowed network targets
    "network_denylist": ["*"],                         # Denied network targets
    "spend_cap_daily_usd": 25.0,                      # Daily spend limit
    "spend_cap_total_usd": 500.0,                     # Lifetime spend limit
    "require_approval": ["bash", "install"],           # Human approval required
    "risk_threshold": 0.8,                             # Auto-approval gate
}

Patterns support glob matching (*, ?, [abc]).

Decision Flow

Code
Kill switch? ──deny──> DENY
      |
Agent enabled? ──no──> DENY
      |
Spend cap? ──exceeded──> DENY
      |
Tool denylist? ──match──> DENY
      |
Target denylist? ──match──> DENY
      |
Approval required? ──match──> REQUIRE_APPROVAL
      |
Risk threshold? ──exceeded──> REQUIRE_APPROVAL
      |
Tool allowlist? ──not in list──> DENY
      |
Target allowlist? ──not in list──> DENY
      |
DEFAULT ──> ALLOW

Architecture

Read the full README β†’View source on GitHub β†’

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Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "agent-guardrail-mcp-server": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["agent-guardrail"] } }

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