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Open-source proxy Aggrete enhances AI assistant security by controlling tool access

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Chris has developed Aggrete, an open-source proxy designed to enhance the security of AI assistants by controlling their access to real-world systems. Aggrete functions by enforcing a code of conduct on each tool call before it is executed, preventing potentially harmful combinations of actions that individual tool calls might not reveal. This deterministic approach, which does not rely on an AI model for decision-making, aims to mitigate risks associated with AI assistants accessing and manipulating sensitive data. AI

IMPACT This tool could improve the safety of AI assistants by preventing harmful sequences of actions, potentially increasing enterprise adoption of AI agents.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes the release of an open-source proxy tool for AI assistants.

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Open-source proxy Aggrete enhances AI assistant security by controlling tool access

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · cjohannsen ·

    The tricky thing about giving an AI assistant access to real systems: each tool call is fine on its own. The harm is in the combination. Pull the budget (fine).

    The tricky thing about giving an AI assistant access to real systems: each tool call is fine on its own. The harm is in the combination. Pull the budget (fine). Pull the team roster (fine). Combine them into a layoff list (not fine). Per-call permission checks cannot see that. So…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · cjohannsen ·

    Hi, I'm Chris, building Aggrete: an open-source proxy that governs what AI assistants can reach and do over MCP. The idea is simple, your code of conduct enforc

    Hi, I'm Chris, building Aggrete: an open-source proxy that governs what AI assistants can reach and do over MCP. The idea is simple, your code of conduct enforced on every tool call, before anything is fetched. Deterministic, no model in the decision path. Apache-2.0. https:// gi…

    LINKS github.com/…/aggrete

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