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Protect vs TookEffect
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
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Fail-closed Cedar policy gate + Ed25519 signed receipts for agent tool calls. Denies on any error.
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Independent effect verification and signed receipts for consequential AI agent actions.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. Both score close on the safety scan (65 and 67 out of 100). TookEffect is hosted and callable through the gateway; Protect runs on your own machine. Protect has noticeably more public adoption.
| Protect | TookEffect | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | C65/100 | C67/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | New |
| GitHub stars | 9 | – |
| Downloads / week | 1.6k | – |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | 12 | — |
| Write actions | 5 | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | — |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | — |
| Category | AI and agents | AI and agents |