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shellgate

Active·★ 15·MIT·Updated 2026-06-10

Shellgate acts as a secure gateway between AI agents and your infrastructure, ensuring agents never directly access sensitive credentials like API keys or SSH keys. It enforces granular access control, logs every request, and intercepts dangerous commands for human approval, significantly enhancing the security and audibility of AI agent operations.

#AI Agent Security#API Gateway#Credential Management#Access Control#Audit Logging#Human-in-the-Loop
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#Model Context Protocol
#SSH Proxy
$ Install
$ docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -e DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:pass@host:5432/shellgate -e SESSION_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32) ghcr.io/matthiastjong/shellgate:latest
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01

Features

01Gateway Proxy for API/SSH with credential injection.
02Scoped and revocable token management for agents.
03Human-in-the-loop guard for dangerous commands/APIs.
04Comprehensive audit logging of all agent activities.
05MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for seamless agent integration.
02

Compatibility

Docker
Runtime
Verified via docs
PostgreSQL
Database
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Node.js
Runtime
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AI Agents
Integration
Verified via docs
03

Quick start

1
$ docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -e DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:pass@host:5432/shellgate -e SESSION_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32) ghcr.io/matthiastjong/shellgate:latest
04

Use cases

↳Securely connecting AI agents to external APIs without exposing real credentials.
↳Allowing agents to execute commands on remote SSH servers with approval and auditing.
↳Protecting against prompt injection by intercepting dangerous agent commands.
↳Centralized management and revocation of AI agent access permissions.
↳Providing persistent memory and a knowledge base for AI agents.
05

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Self hosted secure gateway for AI agents. One token. Full control. Complete audit trail.

15MIT
Last commit4mo ago
StatusActive
CategorySecurity & Safety
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