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Protect vs Vigil — an outside witness for AI agents
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Fail-closed Cedar policy gate + Ed25519 signed receipts for agent tool calls. Denies on any error.
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Agent leases, signed receipts, watchdogs, and optional paid source-verification evidence.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Protect (65/100 against 56). Vigil — an outside witness for AI agents is hosted and callable through the gateway; Protect runs on your own machine. Protect has noticeably more public adoption.
| Protect | Vigil — an outside witness for AI agents | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | C65/100 | C56/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | New |
| GitHub stars | 9 | – |
| Downloads / week | 1.6k | – |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | 12 | 26 |
| Write actions | 5 | 4 |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | — |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | — |
| Category | AI and agents | AI and agents |