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GitHub - DataDog/rshell: rshell - A Restricted Shell for AI Agents
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Why it matters
rshell addresses the risk of AI agents with shell access being abused or manipulated (e.g. via prompt injection) into running dangerous commands, giving defenders a way to sandbox agent execution.
rshell, published by DataDog, is a restricted shell designed to constrain what commands AI agents can execute, using allow-lists (allowedpaths), builtins, and hooks to sandbox agent shell access. The Go-based tool aims to limit the blast radius of autonomous AI agents that are granted shell capabilities.