FireClaw
Shares rank 2 of 5 agent firewalls by recommenders
Recommended for defending AI agents from prompt injection with a proxy that filters inputs and needs no containers.
Recommended for defending AI agents from prompt injection with a proxy that filters inputs and needs no containers.
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: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not 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
Sanitizes inputs against agent hijacking
“FireClaw sanitizes inputs (is this content trying to hijack the agent?)”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: FireClaw – Open-source proxy defending AI agents from prompt injection” “FireClaw handles the input side well.”
Comment from 17 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: FireClaw – Open-source proxy defending AI agents from prompt injection” Positive interest from developers
“this is cool, definitely going to look into it and probably try to integrate it with my opensource project”
Comment from 17 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: FireClaw – Open-source proxy defending AI agents from prompt injection” “nice concept. open claw is very valuable so this will help solve that”
Comment from 17 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: FireClaw – Open-source proxy defending AI agents from prompt injection”
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 | — | — |
| FireClawThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| AgentGate | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| AgentArmor | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| AgentGuard | 5 | 1 | 83% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“FireClaw sanitizes inputs (is this content trying to hijack the agent?)”
“FireClaw handles the input side well.”
“this is cool, definitely going to look into it and probably try to integrate it with my opensource project”
“nice concept. open claw is very valuable so this will help solve that”
“Proxy architecture, not just detection. 4-stage pipeline, no bypass mode, community threat feed.”
“No containers, no complex setup—just download and run.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.