AgentArmor
Shares rank 2 of 5 agent firewalls by recommenders
Recommended for broad attack-surface coverage, with identity as a core layer and a sound pipeline order. Main caveat: it only catches single tool calls, not sequences.
Recommended for broad attack-surface coverage, with identity as a core layer and a sound pipeline order. Main caveat: it only catches single tool calls, not sequences.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Identity treated as core layer
“Really thorough coverage of the attack surfaces—especially including identity as a core layer.”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: AgentArmor – open-source 8-layer security framework for AI agents” “you got it right with identity running before ingestion”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: AgentArmor – open-source 8-layer security framework for AI agents”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Only checks single tool calls
“this only catches single tool calls. most of the time the malicious behavior is a sequence where each call looks fine on its own”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Agent Armor, a Rust runtime for enforcing policies on AI agent actions”
Other agent firewalls people recommend
The four most recommended other agent firewalls, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Patrol | 8 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| AgentArmorThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| FireClaw | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| AgentGate | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| AgentGuard | 5 | 1 | 83% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“this only catches single tool calls. most of the time the malicious behavior is a sequence where each call looks fine on its own”
“you got it right with identity running before ingestion”
“This looks fantastic, agent security is definitely under-addressed.”
“The pipeline ordering is smart”
“Really thorough coverage of the attack surfaces—especially including identity as a core layer.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.