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System Protection

Paul Blart:
AI Mall Cop

Circuit breakers and guardrails for autonomous AI. Prevent runaway costs, block dangerous operations, and keep your systems safe.

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$0
Runaway costs
0
Accidental deploys
100%
Actions audited

AI agents are powerful. Too powerful without guardrails. Paul Blart watches every action, enforces limits, and stops disasters before they happen.

Active Guards

Protection Layer

Multiple guards working together to keep your systems safe

💰 Cost Guard

Monitors API spend and compute costs. Triggers circuit breaker when approaching limits.

⚠️ $45 of $50 daily limit used
→ Pausing non-critical operations
🚀 Deploy Guard

Blocks production deployments without proper approvals and passing CI.

⚠️ Deploy to prod requested
→ Blocked: CI failed on 3 tests
🗑️ Destruction Guard

Prevents mass deletions, database drops, and irreversible operations.

⚠️ DELETE FROM users requested
→ Blocked: Requires manual approval
🔄 Loop Guard

Detects agents stuck in loops and terminates runaway processes.

⚠️ Same action repeated 10x
→ Session terminated, human notified
⏱️ Duration Guard

Kills tasks that run too long. Prevents resource hogging.

⚠️ Task running for 45 minutes
→ Warning sent, timeout in 15 min
🔐 Secret Guard

Scans outputs for leaked credentials and sensitive data.

⚠️ API key pattern in response
→ Output redacted, alert sent
Real Scenarios

Guards in Action

How Paul Blart protects your systems

BLOCKED Accidental Production Drop
Request
"Clean up the test database by dropping all tables"
Guard Response
Destruction Guard detected DROP command targeting production. Request blocked. Slack notification sent to @david.
BLOCKED Runaway API Costs
Situation
Agent analyzing large codebase, making excessive API calls
Guard Response
Cost Guard hit $50 daily limit at 2pm. Non-critical operations paused. Agent asked to batch remaining work.
WARNED Suspicious Loop Detected
Situation
Agent retrying same git push 8 times due to auth error
Guard Response
Loop Guard detected repetitive failures. Agent notified to try different approach. Session monitoring increased.
Configuration

Fully Customizable

Set your own limits and rules

guards.yaml
cost_guard:
  daily_limit: 50  # USD
  warning_threshold: 0.8
  action: pause_non_critical

deploy_guard:
  require_ci_pass: true
  require_approval: true
  blocked_branches: [main, production]

destruction_guard:
  blocked_commands: [DROP, DELETE, TRUNCATE]
  require_confirmation: true
  notify: ["@david", "#alerts"]

loop_guard:
  max_retries: 5
  action: warn_then_terminate

Ready for Safe AI?

Paul Blart keeps your autonomous agents in check. Sleep better at night.

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