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The guard

What it stops before it runs, and how it reaches each agent.

Checked before it runs.

  • One set of rules Every agent with a hook runs the same guard, set up per run from Overhand's own folder. Your own config for each agent stays as it is.
  • What it blocks Blocks merges, force pushes, deploys and production secrets, in Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode. The whole list is under the hood.
  • Its own off switch It also blocks changes to Overhand itself and to an agent's project settings, which could turn the guard off for the next run, even when a ticket asks.
  • It fails closed A guard that can't start blocks the call.
  • Your processes Ports, process names and containers you list in governor.protect can't be stopped or restarted by an agent.

How it reaches each agent.

  • Aider It has no hook for the guard, and secret files are kept out of its reach. It runs no shell commands. Confirmed in a real run, on aider 0.86.2 (local qwen3:1.7b): asked to run gh pr merge 1, it ran nothing.
  • Claude Code Through a hook on every tool call. Confirmed in a real run, on 2.1.309: it blocked gh pr merge 1 --squash.
  • Codex Through a hook on every shell command, file edit and MCP call, inside its workspace sandbox. Confirmed in a real run, on codex-cli 0.163.0 (local qwen3:1.7b): it blocked gh pr merge 1.
  • Cursor Agent Through a plugin whose hooks see every shell command, file read, edit and MCP call. Set up, not yet confirmed in a real run.
  • Gemini CLI Through a hook on every tool call, from a Gemini home of Overhand's own (it runs on an API key). Set up, not yet confirmed in a real run.
  • OpenCode Through a plugin that sees every tool call. Confirmed in a real run, on 1.19.4 (local qwen3:1.7b): it blocked gh pr merge 1.

Each account in Settings → Agent accounts says where its agent stands.

What it can't do.

  • A program's next step A hook sees the command an agent asks for, not what a script or program it runs does next; a determined agent can hide a step there.
  • So keep tokens small Give agent accounts credentials that can't do damage anyway: no admin or deploy rights, and branch protection on your repos.
  • See what it stopped Guardrails, in Health, lists each attempt it blocked in the last day, with its time and rule.