HOL Guard
Product updates, release notes, and monthly recaps.
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Claude Code ran terraform destroy on the live stack
Claude Code ran terraform destroy with no saved plan. HOL Guard paused it: Allow just this once or Keep blocked.

Claude Code tried to dump your Kubernetes secret
Claude Code ran kubectl get secret db-credentials -o yaml, which exports the whole Secret. HOL Guard paused it: Allow just this once or Keep blocked.

Claude Code approved itself: Guard paused the self-click
Claude Code hit a warning, then ran hol-guard approvals approve on itself. HOL Guard froze it. Inbox: Allow just this once or Keep blocked.

Hidden command in Claude Code: base64 piped to sh
Chat looked short. Claude Code packed a hidden command in base64 and piped decode to sh. HOL Guard froze it. Inbox: Allow just this once or Keep blocked.

Your agent tried to ship your AWS keys
You left Claude Code running. It tried to send your AWS keys to a website you never opened. Guard froze it: Allow just this once, or Keep blocked.

HOL Guard 3.0: Rust authority, extension-first controls, honest harness contracts
HOL Guard 3.0 puts PreToolUse on a version-matched Rust path with no Python semantic fallback, makes Local Extensions the capability vocabulary for managed-restrictive Control Sets, and keeps sync paused from meaning unprotected. Pin tip 3.0.113; do not pin yanked 3.0.0.

HOL Guard 2.1: 51,000 Test Cases, HMAC-Backed Reconnect, and a New Command Classification Engine
HOL Guard 2.1 ships a 51,000-case command classification corpus, HMAC-backed dashboard reconnect, signed Codex hook manifests, DNS-pinned archive downloads, and a typed GitHub capability model — all open source, canary-tested on TestPyPI.

State of AI Agents — March 2026
104,504 agents indexed across 15 registries — the 1st monthly pulse check on the AI agent ecosystem.
November Recap: Hashnet MCP Server, ERC‑8004 expansions, HCS‑21, and Patchwork
November 2025 highlights: Hashnet MCP Server ships, ERC-8004 and x402 multi-chain support expands, HCS-21 Adapter Registry drafts, Patchwork working sessions launch, and Tashi joins the DAO.
October Recap: Registry Broker is live, Tashi is joining our DAO, Africa Hackathon finale, and new HCS drafts
October 2025 highlights: Registry Broker launches for universal agent discovery, Tashi Network joins the DAO, Hedera Africa Hackathon wraps, and HCS-15, HCS-16, HCS-17 drafts are prepared.
August Recap: Desktop Preview & New Standards
August 2025 highlights: HOL Desktop Developer Preview launches, HCS-19 privacy compliance standard drafts, and HCS-14 Universal Agent ID standard announced for Web2 and Web3 agents.
July Recap: Neuron Joins DAO & $1M Hackathon
July 2025 highlights from Hashgraph Online: Neuron joins the DAO, AI Track launches at the $1M Hedera Africa Hackathon, Moonscape Points goes live on mainnet, and weekly X Spaces return.
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The engineering desk continues across the ecosystem: security research on shipping agents safely, and plugins that put the standards to work.