Two New Open Source Tools for AI Agent Security and Optimization

The r/openclaw community has shared two open source tools for AI agent developers: AI Agent Defense Kit (shipped) and AgentGuard (in development).

AI Agent Defense Kit

This is a free security toolkit with runtime protection skills for AI agents. Available skills include:

• skill-auditor - Audit skills before installation for security red flags
• url-preflight - Check URLs before your agent fetches them
• content-scanner - Scan content for hidden instructions
• social-engineering-detector - Detect manipulation tactics in messages
• dependency-checker - Check packages for supply chain attacks

The repository is available at: https://github.com/moebius-ansa/ai-agent-defense-kit

AgentGuard

This toolkit (in development) addresses three common problems: unpredictable costs from autonomous AI systems burning tokens, lack of audit logs showing what agents are doing, and inbound security threats before content reaches agents.

Planned launch features include:

• Cost Estimator - Auto-calculates monthly costs by model + usage level
• Model Comparison - Compares 20+ models across providers with quality ratings; claims to find 90%+ savings with equivalent quality
• Security Scanner - Detects prompt injection, jailbreaks, system prompt leaks and other attacks before they hit your agent
• Activity Monitor - Tracks file changes, API calls, process activity
• Budget and Activity Alerts - Get notifications on Discord, Slack, Telegram, etc. when detecting unusual activity or major cost spikes

Installation will be via: pip install agentguard

The tool will feature an intuitive TUI interface and agent mode that lets your agent operate the platform for you.

These tools address practical concerns for developers running AI agents, particularly around security monitoring and cost management.