# mcp-guardian-ai

> Whitelist NLP intent enforcement for MCP agents — pre-execution tool call validation

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-guardian-ai/claim

## Declared
- publisher: MCP Guardian
- homepage: https://github.com/mcp-guardian/mcp-guardian
- repository: https://github.com/mcp-guardian/mcp-guardian
- version: 0.2.0
- license: Apache-2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, guardian, agent, security, intent, guardrail, openai
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-guardian-ai

### Description (declared)

# MCP Guardian

**Agent intent enforcement for MCP tool calls — pre-execution security for AI agents.**

MCP Guardian is not a firewall for MCP servers. It's a **declarative intent guardrail** for agent behavior. It validates every tool call against declared intent policies *before execution*. If the call doesn't match the policy, the MCP server never sees it.

## Install

```bash
pip install mcp-guardian-ai
```

This pulls in all dependencies: `openai-agents`, `pydantic`, `pyyaml`.

Or install everything explicitly:

```bash
pip install mcp-guardian-ai openai-agents pydantic pyyaml
```

Set your OpenAI API key (used by the LLM intent evaluator — the fast check tier runs without it):

```bash
export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
```

> **Note:** The PyPI package is `mcp-guardian-ai`. The Python import is `mcp_guardian`.

For development from source:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/mcp-guardian/mcp-guardian.git
cd mcp-guardian
pip install -e ".[dev]"
```

## Three Ways to Use It

### Path 1: Pure Python (no files needed)

```python
import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp
from mcp_guardian import GuardianToolGuardrail, IntentPolicy

policy = IntentPolicy(
    name="read-only",
    description="Read files only — no writes, no shell",
    expected_workflow="Read and list files to answer user questions",
    forbidden_tools=["write_*", "execute_*", "delete_*"],
)
guardrail = GuardianToolGuardrail(policy=policy)

async def main():
    async with MCPServerStreamableHttp(
        name="my-server",
        params={"url": "https://my-mcp-server.example.com/mcp"},
    ) as server:
        tools = await guardrail.wrap_mcp_tools([server])
        agent = Agent(name="Worker", model="gpt-4o", tools=tools)
        result = await Runner.run(agent, "List all files")
        print(result.final_output)

    # Print audit log
    for entry in guardrail.audit_log:
        verdict = str(entry.verdict)
        icon = "✓" if verdict == "…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (1, derived)
- dev.filesystem (0.802, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)
- dev.terminal (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-guardian-ai/ (first seen 2026-09-10T02:22:34.984Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-guardian-ai/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-guardian-ai · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-guardian-ai