Agent Safety

Outbound safety for autonomous AI agents — scans YOUR output before it leaves the machine. Git pre-commit hooks that automatically block commits containing A...

Automated safety tools for autonomous AI agents. The principle: don't rely on prompts for safety — automate enforcement.

All scripts are in this skill's scripts/ directory. When OpenClaw loads this skill, resolve paths relative to this file's location.

Pre-Publish Security Scan

Scans files for secrets, PII, and internal paths before publishing.

bash scripts/pre-publish-scan.sh <file-or-directory>

Detects:

• API keys (AWS, GitHub, Anthropic, OpenAI, generic patterns)
• Private keys (PEM blocks), Bearer tokens, hardcoded passwords
• Email addresses, phone numbers, SSNs, credit card patterns
• Physical addresses, name fields
• Home directory paths, internal config paths

Exit 0 = clean. Exit 1 = blocking issues found, do not publish.

Git Pre-Commit Hook

Install once per repo. Automatically scans staged files on every commit:

bash scripts/install-hook.sh <repo-path>

• Scans staged content (what's being committed, not working tree)
• Blocks commit if secrets or SSNs found
• Flags PII for review
• Only bypassed with explicit git commit --no-verify

Install this on every repo you work with. It's the real guardrail.

Health Check

System monitoring for disk, workspace, security, and updates:

bash scripts/health-check.sh

Checks: Disk usage, workspace size, memory file growth, OpenClaw version, macOS updates, firewall status, SIP status.

Run periodically (every few heartbeats). Watch for warnings.

Rules

1. Run pre-publish scan before ANY external publish action
2. Install pre-commit hook on EVERY repo you work with
3. Blocking issues (secrets, SSNs) must be fixed — no override
4. Review items (emails, paths) need human judgment
5. If a secret was ever committed, it's compromised — rotate immediately