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HOL Guard MCP Server

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HOL Guard runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 18 242 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 25 Oct 2026.

Local-first AI agent security evidence and approval workflows through HOL Guard's stdio MCP server.

Installs per day peak 10 160 · avg 4 583 · -30% w/w
a month agotoday
18 242
Installs / week
pypi · hol-guard
985
Stars
31 open issues
25 Oct 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
Apache-2.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 23 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call send.command → rust/crates/guard-command/src/sandbox.rs:562
    let mut command = Command::new(&program);
Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

        (r"~/Library/LaunchAgents/", "i"),
            r#"(?i)\b(?:send|post|upload|transfer|paste|sync)\b.{0,120}(?:(?<![\w-])\.env(?:\.[\w.-]+)?\b|(?:^|[\s'\"`])~?/.ssh(?:/|\b)|(?:^|[\s'\"`])~?/.aws/(?:credentials|config)\b|(?:^|[\s'\"`])~?/.kube/config\b|(?:^|[\s'\"`])~?/.docker/config\.json\b|(?<![\w-])\.npmrc\b|(?<![…
Builds a file path from a variable ci/gauntlet/full_task_local_checks.py:460
            candidates = {posixpath.normpath(posixpath.join(base, target)) for base in bases}
Asks for container control access ci/gauntlet/realism_fixtures.py:261
    "default *       Current DOCKER_HOST based configuration   unix:///var/run/docker.sock",

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add hol-guard -- uvx hol-guard
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hol-guard": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "hol-guard"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.hol-guard]
command = "uvx"
args = ["hol-guard"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hol-guard": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "hol-guard"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "hol-guard": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "hol-guard"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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HOL Guard — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for HOL Guard?
HOL Guard runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package hol-guard was installed 18 242 times last week.
How do I connect HOL Guard?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls hol-guard straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use HOL Guard?
The pypi package hol-guard was installed 18 242 times in the last week. Week over week that is -30%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is HOL Guard open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python, 985 stars on GitHub and 31 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.