frmoretto/hardstop

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Don't let AI destroy your hard work! HardStop is a rock-solid protection for AI-generated commands. Pre-execution safety validation for Claude Code, Claude Cowork. Catches dangerous commands before they run: whether from AI mistakes, hallucinations, prompt injection, or misunderstood instructions. Seatbelts for the agentic AI era.

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# 🛑 Hardstop

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> 👉 **[⭐ Star on GitHub](https://github.com/frmoretto/hardstop)** if Hardstop keeps you safe!

Pre-execution safety validation for AI coding agents. Validates every shell command against 428 security patterns before execution — blocking destructive operations, credential theft, infrastructure teardown, and prompt injection. Fail-closed: blocks by default when uncertain.

**Ecosystem:** The detection patterns are published separately as [hardstop-patterns](https://www.npmjs.com/package/hardstop-patterns) ([GitHub](https://github.com/frmoretto/hardstop-patterns)) — reusable in any Node.js tool.

[Installation](#-installation) • [How It Works](#%EF%B8%8F-how-it-works) • [Commands](#%EF%B8%8F-controls) • [Report Issue](https://github.com/frmoretto/hardstop/issues)

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