{"slug": "guard-ai-a-security-linter-for-ai-generated-code", "title": "Guard-AI – A security linter for AI-generated code", "summary": "Guard-AI, a new security linter from developer Karthik VK, automatically catches AI-generated code vulnerabilities such as hallucinated dependencies, hardcoded secret placeholders, and truncated code comments before production. The tool supports Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and package.json, features SQLite-backed caching for zero rate-limit hits, and integrates with CI/CD pipelines and pre-commit hooks.", "body_md": "Automated linter that catches AI-generated vulnerabilities, hallucinated dependencies, and code truncations before they hit production.\n\nLarge Language Models (LLMs) write great code, but they also introduce distinct security risks:\n\n**Slopsquatting (Hallucinated Packages):** LLMs frequently invent non-existent PyPI and NPM dependencies (e.g.,`fake_llm_helper_12345`\n\n). Attackers register these hallucinated names to execute supply-chain attacks.**Hardcoded Secret Placeholders:** LLMs fill missing keys with patterns like`openai_key = \"your_openai_key_here\"`\n\n, which developers often accidentally commit.**Truncated Code Comments:** AI models often output incomplete snippets containing`# ... rest of code here`\n\nor`// ... existing code`\n\n, breaking logic in production.\n\n`guard-ai`\n\nruns directly in your CLI and CI/CD pipelines to block these issues instantly.\n\n- ??\n**Multi-Language Support:** Scans Python (`.py`\n\n), JavaScript/TypeScript (`.js`\n\n,`.ts`\n\n,`.jsx`\n\n,`.tsx`\n\n), and`package.json`\n\n. - ??\n**High Performance Caching:** SQLite-backed local registry lookup engine (24-hr TTL) to query PyPI & NPM without hitting rate limits. - ??\n**Zero False-Positives:** Smart filtering for Python standard libraries, Node built-ins, and local module structures. - ??\n**CI/CD Ready:** Custom exit thresholds (`--fail-on HIGH`\n\n) and structured`--json`\n\noutput for automated pipelines. - ??\n**Ignore Rule Engine:** Seamless support for default ignores (`.venv`\n\n,`node_modules`\n\n),`.gitignore`\n\n, and`.guardignore`\n\n.\n\nInstall locally using `pip`\n\n:\n\n```\npip install .\n\n---\n\n## ?? Pre-Commit Hook Integration\n\nWant to catch AI risks *before* you even commit? Add `guard-ai` to your project's `.pre-commit-config.yaml`:\n\n``` yaml\nrepos:\n  - repo: [https://github.com/Karthikvk1899/guard-ai](https://github.com/Karthikvk1899/guard-ai)\n    rev: v1.0.0\n    hooks:\n      - id: guard-ai\n        args: [\"--fail-on\", \"HIGH\"]\n\n## ?? Pre-Commit Hook Integration\n\nWant to catch AI risks *before* you even commit? Add guard-ai to your project's .pre-commit-config.yaml:\n\n`yaml\nrepos:\n  - repo: [https://github.com/Karthikvk1899/guard-ai](https://github.com/Karthikvk1899/guard-ai)\n    rev: v1.0.0\n    hooks:\n      - id: guard-ai\n        args: [\"--fail-on\", \"HIGH\"]\n```\n\n", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/guard-ai-a-security-linter-for-ai-generated-code", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/Karthikvk1899/guard-ai", "published_at": "2026-07-21 17:23:56+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 17:43:23.543502+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "developer-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Guard-AI", "Karthik VK", "PyPI", "NPM"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/guard-ai-a-security-linter-for-ai-generated-code", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/guard-ai-a-security-linter-for-ai-generated-code.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/guard-ai-a-security-linter-for-ai-generated-code.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/guard-ai-a-security-linter-for-ai-generated-code.jsonld"}}