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Fail-closed control system with hardware authority

  1. 1PC

    I wrote this after the case of a Washington Post reporter, Hannah Natanson, was compelled to unlock her computer with her fingerprint. This resulted in access to her Desktop Signal on her computer, revealing sources and their conversations. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/washington-post-raid-pro... Edit: I've a lot more details about the legality and precedence on the apps landing page https://paniclock.github.io/

    Apr 2026 · github.com

  2. 2AK

    A month ago there was a wave of posts and tweets about engineers walking around cafes and parks with their MacBooks propped half-open, as fully closing the lid forces sleep that stops their AI agents. Some people made snarky comments about using tmux or Amphetamine, and some defended their choice with “but I only need it sometimes, and forgetting to disable Amphetamine and finding my laptop discharged in my bag is worse.” This is a solution to this problem. Unlike caffeinate, it will prevent your MacBook from sleeping even with the lid closed, with no external power or display, using pmset…

    Jun 2026 · github.com

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    Mock blocked APIs, passthrough ready routes, see live source

    Mar 2026 · mockphine.com

  4. 4AC

    We needed something like --dangerously-skip-permissions that doesn’t nuke your untracked files, exfiltrate your keys, or install malware. Claude Code's permission system is allow-or-deny per tool, but that doesn’t really scale. Deleting some files is fine sometimes. And git checkout is sometimes not fine. Even when you curate permissions, 200 IQ Opus can find a way around it. Maintaining a deny list is a fool's errand. nah is a PreToolUse hook that classifies every tool call by what it actually does, using a deterministic classifier that runs in milliseconds. It maps commands to action types…

    Mar 2026 · github.com

  5. 5

    Got tired of reaching for the terminal to caffeinate my mac and tweaking system settings Now got a new friend in my menubar Enjoy!

    16d ago · agentsneversleep.app

  6. 6FG

    Sep 2025 · github.com

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    Clyro31

    Control AI agents safely at runtime

    Jun 2026 · clyro.dev

  8. 8

    SSH access for developers. Secure, European, done right.

    May 2026 · securssh.com

  9. 9ML
  10. 10

    A kill switch and hard budgets for runaway AI agents

    Jun 2026 · github.com

  11. 11MU

    2025 · nupst.serve.zone

  12. 12

    AI that knows when you're tired - blocks dangerous commands

    Jan 2026

  13. 13

    Stop AI agents from doing things they shouldn't.

    29d ago · sanjaynandanj.github.io

  14. 14

    A pre-execution guard that stops your coding agent running destructive commands. One shell file, no dependencies. - vandith1/agent-guard

    21d ago · github.com

  15. 15
    Noctis9

    Keep agents running after you close your Mac.

    May 2026

  16. 16

    The Compliance Layer for Agentic AI

    Jan 2026 · haltstate.ai

  17. 17
    Avery16

    Create a deterministic agent that runs on your hardware

    Jul 2026 · avery.software

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    nuhuh2

    Your AI agent said "Done." nuhuh runs the experiment

    18d ago · github.com

  19. 19
    swain.9

    your open source local AI security lead. one command.

    May 2026 · descry.app

  20. 20PM
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    AI Constraint Engine — Stop LLMs from breaking your code

    Mar 2026 · sgroy10.github.io

  22. 22CC

    Most consensus libraries (Raft, Paxos) treat the state machine as a pure black box. This is fine until your state machine needs to actually do something, like charge a credit card, fire a webhook, or send an email. If a leader crashes after the side effect but before committing it, you get duplicates. This is my attempt at fixing this problem from first principles ish: build chr2 to make crash-safe side effects first-class citizens. mechanism: Replicated Outbox: Side effects are stored as "pending" in replicated state. Only the leader executes them under a fencing token. Durable Fencing: A…

    Jan 2026 · github.com

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    LidRun10

    Keep AI working on your Mac — even with the lid closed

    Jul 2026

  24. 24

    Blocks rm -rf before your AI agent can run it

    Jul 2026 · gate.cat

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