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XSafeClaw - Keeping Your Claw Safe. Real-time monitoring and security for OpenClaw AI agents.

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Keeping Your Claw Safe.

Real-time monitoring, security guard, and red team testing for OpenClaw AI agents.

Python 3.11+ FastAPI React 19 License: MIT


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Date Update
🚀 YYYY-MM-DD v1.0.0 released — First public release of XSafeClaw with Claw Monitor, Safe Chat, Asset Shield, Guard, Agent Office, and Onboard Setup.

What is XSafeClaw?

XSafeClaw is a security-focused companion platform for OpenClaw AI agents. It monitors agent activity in real time, intercepts unsafe tool calls before they execute, scans system assets for risk, and provides automated red team testing — all from a single xsafeclaw start command.

Module Description
Claw Monitor Real-time session timeline with event tracking, token usage, tool call inspection, skills & memory scanning
Safe Chat Secure gateway to chat with your OpenClaw agent with built-in guard protection
Asset Shield File system scanning with risk classification (L0–L3), software audit, hardware inventory
Guard (AgentDoG) Trajectory-level & tool-call-level safety evaluation with human-in-the-loop approval
Agent Office PixiJS-powered 2D visualization of all agents' status and activities
Onboard Setup Interactive wizard to install and configure OpenClaw CLI

Quick Start

pip install xsafeclaw
xsafeclaw start

Browser opens automatically at http://127.0.0.1:6874. If OpenClaw is not yet installed, the web UI will guide you through setup.

Common options:

xsafeclaw start --port 8080              # custom port
xsafeclaw start --host 0.0.0.0           # accessible from LAN
xsafeclaw start --no-browser --reload    # headless dev mode

Guard: How It Works

XSafeClaw's guard system protects users through a two-layer defense:

  1. Trajectory-level evaluation — The full conversation history is sent to a guard model (AgentDoG) that evaluates the entire interaction sequence for emerging risks across multiple turns.

  2. Tool-call interception — Every tool call passes through a before_tool_call hook. If the guard model deems it unsafe, the call is held in a pending queue for human review.

Agent wants to run a tool
        │
        ▼
  Guard Model evaluates
        │
   ┌────┴────┐
   │         │
  Safe     Unsafe
   │         │
   ▼         ▼
 Execute   Hold for human review
           ┌────┴────┐
           │         │
        Approve    Reject
           │         │
           ▼         ▼
        Execute   Block + notify agent

When rejected (or timed out after 5 min), the agent is instructed to stop all subsequent actions, inform the user about the risk, and wait for explicit confirmation.


Architecture

                     Browser (:6874)
                       │
           ┌───────────┴───────────┐
           │     FastAPI Server    │
           ├───────────────────────┤
           │   Guard Service       │◄── AgentDoG model
           │   File Watcher        │◄── ~/.openclaw/ JSONL sessions
           │   Asset Scanner       │◄── File/software/hardware scanning
           └───────────┬───────────┘
                       │
              ┌────────┴────────┐
              │                 │
         SQLite DB        OpenClaw Sessions
       ~/.xsafeclaw/       ~/.openclaw/

           OpenClaw Agent
               │ before_tool_call hook
               ▼
       safeclaw-guard plugin ──► POST /api/guard/tool-check
Layer Technology
Backend Python 3.11, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy (async), uvicorn
Frontend React 19, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS 4
Database SQLite (via aiosqlite)
Guard Model AgentDoG (configurable base URL & model)

Full API docs available at http://localhost:6874/docs when running.


Installation

Requires Python 3.11+. The frontend is pre-built and bundled — no Node.js needed for production.

# From PyPI (recommended)
pip install xsafeclaw

# From GitHub
pip install git+https://github.com/XSafeAI/XSafeClaw.git

# From source
git clone https://github.com/XSafeAI/XSafeClaw.git
cd XSafeClaw && pip install .

# Development
git clone https://github.com/XSafeAI/XSafeClaw.git
cd XSafeClaw && pip install -e ".[dev]"

Install the Guard Plugin

To enable real-time tool-call interception in OpenClaw:

cp -r plugins/safeclaw-guard ~/.openclaw/extensions/safeclaw-guard

Then add to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  "plugins": {
    "entries": {
      "safeclaw-guard": {
        "path": "~/.openclaw/extensions/safeclaw-guard"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration

XSafeClaw works out of the box with sensible defaults. Copy .env.example to .env to customize:

Variable Default Description
API_PORT 6874 Server port
API_HOST 0.0.0.0 Bind address
OPENCLAW_SESSIONS_DIR ~/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions OpenClaw session directory
GUARD_BASE_URL (auto-detected) Guard model API base URL
GUARD_BASE_MODEL (auto-detected) Guard model ID

If guard variables are not set, XSafeClaw reads model configuration from ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json automatically. See .env.example for the full list.


Development

Prerequisites: Python 3.11+, Node.js 18+, uv (recommended)

git clone https://github.com/XSafeAI/XSafeClaw.git && cd XSafeClaw

# Backend
uv venv && uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
python run.py                    # http://localhost:6874, auto-reload

# Frontend (separate terminal)
cd frontend && npm install && npm run dev   # http://localhost:3000, HMR

# Build frontend for production
cd frontend && npm run build     # outputs to src/xsafeclaw/static/

Star History

Star History Chart


Acknowledgements

  • OpenClaw — The personal AI assistant platform that XSafeClaw is designed to protect. OpenClaw's open plugin architecture makes our guard integration possible.
  • AgentDoG — The diagnostic guardrail framework for AI agent safety. XSafeClaw's guard module is powered by AgentDoG's trajectory-level risk assessment and fine-grained safety taxonomy.
  • ISC-Bench — Research on Internal Safety Collapse in frontier LLMs. ISC-Bench's insights into task-completion-driven safety failures have informed our red team testing design.
  • AgentHazard — A benchmark for evaluating harmful behavior in computer-use agents. AgentHazard's attack taxonomy and execution-level risk categories have shaped our threat modeling.

Disclaimer

XSafeClaw is a research tool intended for improving the safety of AI agent systems. The red team testing features are designed exclusively for defensive security research and evaluation purposes. Do not use this tool to cause harm or engage in any malicious activities.


Commercial Use

XSafeClaw is open-sourced under the MIT License for academic research and personal use. For commercial licensing, enterprise deployment, or collaboration, please contact:

Email: xingjunma@fudan.edu.cn


Contributors

We welcome contributions of all kinds — bug reports, feature requests, documentation, and code.


License

MIT

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