guard · Claude Code mod

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› fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call ● guard: guard blocked: force push rewrites remote history: rm -rf build && git push --force origin main ● guard: guard blocked: Bash touches .env, which holds secrets ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) ⎿ Read 6 lines ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line ⏺ Bash(rm -rf build && git push --force origin main) ⎿ Denied by guard: Blocked by guard: force push rewrites remote history: rm -rf build && git push --force or ● Done. refresh now rejects expired claims and logs an audit event. ✻ Worked for 42s · done 4:20 PM ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts

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guard, a Claude Code mod that blocks the dangerous stuff before it runs

guard is a Claude Code mod that watches every tool call Claude Code is about to make and stops anything that touches a .env file or does something destructive. It checks before the call runs, not after, so a blocked command never executes. When it blocks something, a red line in the transcript says what was blocked and why, and Claude is told not to retry or work around it.

What it blocks

.env files in every form: reads, writes, edits, greps, globs, shell commands that name one (cat .env, grep KEY prod.env), and @.env mentions in your prompt. Covers .env, .env.local, .env.production, prod.env and the like.
Destructive commands: rm -rf (in any flag order), git reset --hard, git clean -f, git push --force, git checkout ., find -delete, dd of=, mkfs, writing to a raw disk, chmod -R 777, and fork bombs.
One exception: rm -rf runs when every target is a build folder that gets recreated anyway: node_modules, dist, build, out, .next, .nuxt, .turbo, .cache, .parcel-cache, coverage, .vite, .svelte-kit. rm -rf node_modules src is still blocked, and so is any target with .., a glob, ~ or a variable in it.

What it deliberately allows

.env.example, .env.sample, .env.template and .env.dist, since they hold no secrets.
Plain rm file.txt and rm -r build. Only the forced recursive form is blocked.

Run it

Requires Claude Code 2.1.292 or later.

The shortest path, from inside Claude Code:

/plugin install guard --marketplace kju4q/guard

Answer y to add the marketplace, then pick a scope. It's active right away, no restart.

Or clone it and point Claude Code at the folder:

git clone https://github.com/kju4q/guard.git
claude --plugin-dir ./guard

To change what it blocks, edit hooks/rules.ts.

Good to know

It errs toward blocking. A command that merely contains dangerous text gets blocked too: echo "rm -rf src" > notes.txt is stopped even though nothing would be deleted. That's intentional for a safety check.
If the guard itself fails, it blocks the call instead of letting it through.
Mods are not sandboxed. They run with your permissions, so only run mods you wrote or have read.

Source 3 files

hooks/register.tsx 34 lines

1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { Blocked } from '../types'
5import { touchesEnv, verdict } from './rules'
6
7const blocked = atom({ plugin: 'guard', key: 'blocked' } as const, {} as Blocked)
8
9export const register: Register = on => {
10  on('tool.call', async ($, e, next) => {
11    const reason = verdict(e.tool, e as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)
12    if (!reason) return next(e)
13
14    await update($, blocked, b => ({ ...b, [e.tool_use_id]: reason }))
15    $.ui.log(`guard blocked: ${reason}`, { to: 'debug' })
16    return { deny: `Blocked by guard: ${reason}. Do not retry or work around this.` }
17  }).catch(($, e, next) =>
18    next.called ? next(e) : { deny: 'guard: its check failed, so the call was blocked.' },
19  )
20
21  on('prompt.mention', ($, e, next) => {
22    const env = touchesEnv(e.path)
23    return env ? { deny: `guard: ${env} holds secrets` } : next(e)
24  }).catch(($, e, next) => (next.called ? next(e) : { deny: 'guard: its check failed.' }))
25
26  on('ui.render', { component: 'ToolResult' }, async ($, e, next) => {
27    const reason = (await read($, blocked))[e.requestId]
28    if (!reason) return next(e)
29
30    const { Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
31    return <Text color="red" bold>✕ Blocked: {reason}</Text>
32  })
33}
34

hooks/rules.ts 89 lines

1// A .env file: .env, .env.local, prod.env. Templates (.env.example etc.) stay readable.
2const ENV = /(^|[^\w.-])([\w-]*\.env|\.env(\.[\w.-]+)?)(?=$|[^\w.-])/g
3const TEMPLATE = /\.(example|sample|template|dist)$/
4
5export function touchesEnv(text: string): string | undefined {
6  for (const m of text.matchAll(ENV)) {
7    const name = m[2]!
8    if (!TEMPLATE.test(name)) return name
9  }
10  return undefined
11}
12
13const DESTRUCTIVE: ReadonlyArray<[RegExp, string]> = [
14  [/\brm\s+(-[a-zA-Z]*r[a-zA-Z]*f|-[a-zA-Z]*f[a-zA-Z]*r)\b/, 'rm -rf deletes recursively with no confirmation'],
15  [/\brm\s+(-\w+\s+)*(-r|-R|--recursive)\b.*\s(-f|--force)\b/, 'rm -r -f deletes recursively with no confirmation'],
16  [/\brm\s+(-\w+\s+)*(-f|--force)\b.*\s(-r|-R|--recursive)\b/, 'rm -f -r deletes recursively with no confirmation'],
17  [/\bgit\s+reset\s+--hard\b/, 'git reset --hard throws away uncommitted work'],
18  [/\bgit\s+clean\s+-\w*f/, 'git clean -f deletes untracked files'],
19  [/\bgit\s+push\b.*(\s-f\b|--force\b)/, 'force push rewrites remote history'],
20  [/\bgit\s+checkout\s+(--\s+)?\.(\s|$)/, 'git checkout . discards every local change'],
21  [/\bfind\b.*\s-delete\b/, 'find -delete removes every match'],
22  [/\bdd\b.*\bof=/, 'dd of= overwrites a file or disk'],
23  [/\bmkfs(\.\w+)?\b/, 'mkfs formats a filesystem'],
24  [/>\s*\/dev\/(sd|disk|nvme)/, 'writing straight to a disk device'],
25  [/\bchmod\s+-R\s+777\b/, 'chmod -R 777 opens every file to everyone'],
26  [/:\(\)\s*\{\s*:\|:&\s*\};:/, 'fork bomb'],
27]
28
29// Folders a build or install recreates, so rm -rf on them loses nothing.
30const REBUILDABLE = new Set([
31  'node_modules', 'dist', 'build', 'out', '.next', '.nuxt', '.turbo',
32  '.cache', '.parcel-cache', 'coverage', '.vite', '.svelte-kit',
33])
34
35const RM = /^\s*rm\s/
36
37// True when a lone rm names only rebuildable folders: plain relative or
38// absolute paths, no globs, variables, subshells, quotes, ~ or `..`.
39function onlyRebuildable(segment: string): boolean {
40  const words = segment.trim().split(/\s+/).slice(1)
41  const paths = words.filter(w => !w.startsWith('-'))
42  if (paths.length === 0) return false
43  return paths.every(p => {
44    if (/[*?[\]{}$`~'"\\]/.test(p)) return false
45    const parts = p.replace(/\/+$/, '').split('/').filter(s => s !== '' && s !== '.')
46    if (parts.includes('..') || parts.length === 0) return false
47    return REBUILDABLE.has(parts[parts.length - 1]!)
48  })
49}
50
51export function destructive(command: string): string | undefined {
52  // Judge each command of a chain on its own, so `rm -rf dist && rm -rf src` still blocks.
53  for (const segment of command.split(/&&|\|\||[;|\n&]/)) {
54    for (const [re, why] of DESTRUCTIVE) {
55      if (!re.test(segment)) continue
56      if (RM.test(segment) && onlyRebuildable(segment)) continue
57      return why
58    }
59  }
60  return undefined
61}
62
63// What the call reaches, as text, per tool; undefined for tools that touch no files.
64export function targets(tool: string, input: Record<string, unknown>): string[] {
65  const keys: Record<string, string[]> = {
66    Bash: ['command'],
67    Read: ['file_path'],
68    Write: ['file_path'],
69    Edit: ['file_path'],
70    MultiEdit: ['file_path'],
71    NotebookEdit: ['notebook_path'],
72    Grep: ['path', 'glob'],
73    Glob: ['pattern', 'path'],
74  }
75  return (keys[tool] ?? []).map(k => input[k]).filter((v): v is string => typeof v === 'string')
76}
77
78export function verdict(tool: string, input: Record<string, unknown>): string | undefined {
79  for (const t of targets(tool, input)) {
80    const env = touchesEnv(t)
81    if (env) return `${tool} touches ${env}, which holds secrets`
82  }
83  if (tool === 'Bash' && typeof input.command === 'string') {
84    const why = destructive(input.command)
85    if (why) return `${why}: ${input.command.slice(0, 80)}`
86  }
87  return undefined
88}
89

types/index.d.ts 10 lines

1export type Blocked = Readonly<Record<string, string>>
2
3declare module 'claude-code' {
4  interface PluginState {
5    guard: {
6      blocked: Blocked
7    }
8  }
9}
10