Agent Reliability Kit

Verify, harden, and ship AI-agent-assisted codebases in one command.

Agent Reliability Kit scans a repository the way a careful maintainer would before letting AI coding agents work there: agent instructions, verification commands, README quality, secret hygiene, GitHub Actions safety, MCP/tooling risk, n8n workflow exports, team policy, and release readiness.

The flagship path is simple: keep agent-secret-guard as the sharp security wedge, and use agent-reliability-kit as the one command center for agent-era repository reliability.

Quick Start

• Source: https://github.com/aolingge/agent-reliability-kit
• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/agent-reliability-kit
• Docs: https://aolingge.github.io/agent-reliability-kit/

npx agent-reliability-kit scan . --out .agent-reliability --format markdown,json,html

Run from source when contributing:

npm install
npm run build
node dist/cli.js scan . --out .agent-reliability --format markdown,json,html

Optional focused checks:

ark team-audit . --out .agent-reliability/team
ark mcp-registry . --registry .agent-reliability/mcp-registry.json
ark n8n-scan . --out .agent-reliability/n8n
ark n8n-backup . --backup-dir .agent-reliability/n8n-backup
ark cost-report . --trace .agent-reliability/traces --budget-usd 10
ark text-audit AGENTS.md --profile agents-md --format markdown

The scan writes:

• .agent-reliability/report.md
• .agent-reliability/report.json
• .agent-reliability/report.html

The quick start runs entirely on your machine. Do not include real secrets, private logs, cookies, browser profiles, or private URLs in examples, fixtures, bug reports, or shared scan output.

Why It Exists

AI coding agents fail most often on the unglamorous parts: missing repo rules, unclear commands, conflicting instruction files, unsafe CI defaults, accidental secret exposure, and README promises nobody has replayed. This project turns those weak signals into one shareable report.

What It Checks

Area	What gets verified
Agent instructions	AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, GEMINI.md, CODEX.md, Copilot instructions
Commands	test, build, lint, typecheck, check scripts across common stacks
README	install path, quick start, visual proof, license, contribution path
Secrets	token-like values, tracked .env files, redacted evidence
GitHub Actions	validation commands, explicit permissions, risky triggers, pipe-to-shell
AI tooling	MCP command configs and prompt-injection-like instruction files
Runbooks	debugging, verification, rollback, and reporting evidence
Shell safety	unguarded destructive or publishing commands in docs and scripts
Memory rules	trigger, behavior, exception, and secret-boundary signals in reusable rule files
MCP registry	private allowlist, trust score, approved commands/URLs, risk owner
n8n	public webhooks, command nodes, risky code nodes, workflow secrets, redacted backups
Team layer	scan history, policy gates, audit report, dry-run Slack payload
Cost guard	local trace token/cost summary and budget alerts
Text audit profiles	focused checks from retired small CLI tools, including AGENTS.md, PR briefs, task scopes, MCP READMEs, Skill files, changelogs, Windows paths, and repo onboarding notes

CLI

agent-reliability-kit scan [path]
agent-reliability-kit doctor [path]
agent-reliability-kit init [path]
agent-reliability-kit team-audit [path]
agent-reliability-kit mcp-registry [path]
agent-reliability-kit n8n-scan [path]
agent-reliability-kit n8n-backup [path]
agent-reliability-kit cost-report [path]
agent-reliability-kit text-audit FILE_OR_DIR --profile NAME

Examples:

ark scan . --min-score 85
ark scan . --format sarif --stdout > agent-reliability.sarif
ark doctor .
ark init .
ark team-audit .
ark mcp-registry .
ark n8n-scan .
ark cost-report . --budget-usd 10
ark text-audit AGENTS.md --profile agents-md --format markdown
ark text-audit . --profile mcp-readme --format json

Machine-readable stdout stays clean for CI:

ark scan . --format sarif --stdout > agent-reliability.sarif

Report Preview

The HTML report is designed for maintainers, contributors, and launch pages. It gives a score, severity counts, repository signals, and next actions for each finding.

Product Modules

• Team audit layer: scan history, policy checks, audit report, and local Slack payload.
• Private MCP registry: team allowlist with trust score, approved commands/URLs, permissions, owner, and reason.
• n8n safety and backup: risky workflow scanning and redacted Git-friendly backups.
• AI cost guard: local trace cost summaries and budget alerts.
• Text audit profiles: consolidated compatibility profiles from small single-purpose tools such as agents-md-doctor, agent-ci-doctor, mcp-readme-score, skill-md-lint, and related repo/PR/task checks.
• Commercial support path: open-source boundary and future paid team features.
• Consolidation roadmap: how small tools roll into the flagship CLI.

Comparisons

• agent-secret-guard vs gitleaks
• Agent Reliability Kit vs generic linters

Launch Kit

The repository includes a launch kit so maintainers can prepare public posts, demos, and replies without inventing copy or sharing private data at the last minute.

• Launch plan
• Channel copy
• Demo script
• Press kit
• Community responses
• Channel rules
• Distribution checklist
• Demo GIF script
• Product Hunt draft
• DEV article draft

Visual assets are available in assets/, including social-preview.png for GitHub/social cards and product-hunt-thumbnail.png for square launch surfaces.

Product Principles

• Local-first: source code and findings stay on your machine.
• No secret echo: token-like evidence is redacted before it appears in reports.
• Private-data safe: reports, examples, and issues must not include real secrets, private logs, cookies, browser profiles, or private URLs.
• Agent-neutral: useful for Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and similar tools.
• CI-friendly: Markdown, JSON, SARIF, and GitHub Actions annotations are first-class outputs.
• Maintainer-friendly: findings explain why they matter and what to do next.

Development

npm install
npm run check
npm run build
npm run smoke

Repository layout:

src/
  cli.ts
  core/
  scanners/
  report/
  init/
tests/
  fixtures/
docs/
assets/

Roadmap

• v0.1: CLI scan, doctor, init, Markdown/JSON/HTML/SARIF reports.
• v0.2: team audit, private MCP registry, n8n safety/backup, and local cost guard.
• v0.3: GitHub Action wrapper, dogfood gallery, and agent-secret-guard rule-pack consolidation.
• v0.4: hosted team dashboard prototype, org policy packs, and private MCP approval workflow.
• v0.5: pr verify, trace run, and compatibility matrix for Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode.

Security

Do not include real secrets in issues, examples, or fixtures. See SECURITY.md for reporting guidance.

Contributing

Small, well-tested contributions are welcome. Start with CONTRIBUTING.md, run npm run check, and include the scanner output when changing rules.

License

MIT