Gate every tool call an AI agent makes -- shell, filesystem, network, credential access -- before it executes, not after something already went wrong.
toolgovern is an MCP project maintained in the rudrendupaul/toolgovern repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Gate every tool call an AI agent makes -- shell, filesystem, network, credential access -- before it executes, not after something already went wrong”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using toolgovern-mcp. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
{
"mcpServers": {
"toolgovern": {
"command": "toolgovern-mcp"
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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