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AgentGuard

Autonomous security scanner for AI agents. Detects prompt injection, tool abuse, data exfiltration, and OWASP ASI Top 10 vulnerabilities in agent code.

PyPI Python 3.10+ License: MIT CI OWASP ASI


Why AgentGuard?

AI agents are being deployed at scale -- in coding tools, customer support, trading bots, and autonomous systems. Nobody is scanning their code for security vulnerabilities.

Existing tools (Bandit, Semgrep, CodeQL) scan for traditional vulnerabilities. AgentGuard scans for agent-specific attack vectors that traditional SAST tools miss.

Comparison

Feature AgentGuard Semgrep CodeQL Bandit
Prompt Injection (ASI01) Yes + AST taint No No No
Tool Abuse (ASI02) Yes No No Partial
Data Exfiltration (ASI03) Yes No No No
Excessive Agency (ASI04) Yes No No No
Supply Chain (ASI05) Yes No No No
Insecure Output (ASI06) Yes No No No
Credential Exposure (ASI07) Yes Partial Partial Yes
Context Manipulation (ASI08) Yes No No No
Agent Loop Exploitation (ASI09) Yes No No No
Trust Boundary (ASI10) Yes No No No
AST Taint Tracking Yes No No No
OWASP ASI Top 10 Coverage 10/10 1/10 1/10 2/10
MCP Server Mode Yes No No No
SARIF Output Yes Yes Yes No
Pre-commit Hook Yes Yes No No
GitHub Action Yes Yes Yes No

Live Demo

See AgentGuard in action on the demo repo. The CI runs AgentGuard on every push, and findings appear in GitHub Code Scanning.

Quick Start

pip install dfx-agentguard

# Scan a directory
agentguard .

# JSON output for CI/CD
agentguard src/ --format json

# SARIF for GitHub Code Scanning
agentguard . --format sarif > results.sarif

# Only show HIGH and above
agentguard . --min-severity HIGH

# Include test files in scan
agentguard . --include-tests

CLI Usage

agentguard [OPTIONS] [TARGET]

Arguments:
  TARGET                   Directory or file to scan (default: current directory)

Options:
  --format [text|json|sarif]   Output format (default: text)
  --exit-code / --no-exit-code  Exit non-zero if findings found (default: on)
  --min-severity [CRITICAL|HIGH|MEDIUM|LOW|INFO]  Minimum severity to report
  --include-tests               Include test files in scan (default: skip)
  --help                        Show help

OWASP ASI Top 10 Coverage

ID Vulnerability Status Detection Method
ASI01 Prompt Injection Detected f-string, .format(), messages array, context stuffing, tool description poisoning
ASI02 Tool Abuse / Unintended Tool Use Detected os.system, subprocess, shell tools, unrestricted registration
ASI03 Data Exfiltration Detected External URLs, variable URL correlation, fetch/axios, subprocess curl, DNS exfil
ASI04 Unauthorized Actions / Excessive Agency Detected Auto-execute, no confirmation, autonomous actions
ASI05 Supply Chain / Untrusted Components Detected Dynamic import, unpinned deps, untrusted pip install
ASI06 Insecure Output Handling Detected LLM output in HTML/JSX/DOM, innerHTML, document.write, markdown.render
ASI07 Credential / Secret Exposure Detected API keys (sk-, ghp_, AKIA, AIza, xox), private keys, passwords, connection strings
ASI08 Context Window Manipulation Detected Unbounded context, token stuffing, missing limits
ASI09 Agent Loop Exploitation Detected Recursive calls without depth limit, while True, no max iterations
ASI10 Trust Boundary Violation Detected Root access, host filesystem mounts, no sandbox, self-modification

CI/CD Integration

GitHub Action

name: Security Scan
on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  agentguard:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: '3.12'
      - run: pip install dfx-agentguard
      - run: agentguard . --format sarif > results.sarif
      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
        with:
          sarif_file: results.sarif

Drop-in GitHub Action

- uses: dockfixlabs/agentguard@v0.4.0
  with:
    path: src/
    format: sarif

Pre-commit Hook

repos:
  - repo: https://github.com/dockfixlabs/agentguard
    rev: v0.4.0
    hooks:
      - id: agentguard
        args: ["--min-severity", "HIGH"]

Programmatic Usage

from agentguard.scanner import scan_directory

result = scan_directory("src/")

print(f"Found {len(result.findings)} issues")
print(f"Critical: {result.critical_count}")
print(f"High: {result.high_count}")

for finding in result.findings:
    print(f"  [{finding.severity}] {finding.rule_name} at {finding.file}:{finding.line}")

MCP Server Mode

Scan agent code directly from Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agentguard": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["-m", "agentguard.mcp_server"]
    }
  }
}

Then ask Claude: "Scan my agent code for security vulnerabilities"

Benchmark Results

Tested against 28 vulnerable code samples + 8 real-world attack patterns:

Category      Total   Detected     Rate    FP
ASI01             6          6     100%     0
ASI02             5          5     100%     0
ASI03             4          4     100%     0
ASI07             6          6     100%     0
ASI10             5          5     100%     0
clean             2          0       -      0
TOTAL            28         26    100%     0

100% detection rate, 0% false positives.

Project Ecosystem

Repository Description
agentguard Core scanner + CLI + MCP server
mcp-scanner MCP server configuration scanner
agentguard-app GitHub App for automated PR reviews
agentguard-vscode VS Code extension
agentguard-benchmark Benchmark suite (28 samples)

Roadmap

  • OWASP ASI Top 10 -- all 10 categories covered
  • MCP server mode -- scan from Claude Code/Cursor
  • SARIF output -- GitHub Code Scanning integration
  • PyPI publication -- dfx-agentguard
  • VS Code extension
  • GitHub App for PR reviews
  • Benchmark suite (28 samples, 100% detection)
  • Pre-commit hook (.pre-commit-hooks.yaml)
  • GitHub Action (action.yml)
  • Dockerfile for agentguard-app
  • PyPI Trusted Publishing (OIDC)
  • AST-based taint tracking (v0.5.0) -- traces source-to-sink data flow
  • Language support: Rust, Go, Java
  • Web dashboard (SaaS)
  • REST API (Scan-as-a-Service)

See the full ROADMAP.md.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md. Bug reports and feature requests welcome.

Security

See SECURITY.md. Report vulnerabilities privately -- do not open public issues.

License

MIT -- see LICENSE.


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