Install Argus.
See what your AI agents really do.
Argus runs quietly on your Mac and shows you every AI coding agent you run (what it reads, where it connects, and what it sends out) and stops it from touching the secrets it shouldn't. It's free for individual developers.
Apple Silicon today. Intel next.
Argus is a native macOS app. The build is Apple Silicon only right now; an Intel build is on the way.
Up and running in four steps.
A normal Mac app install, plus a couple of one-time macOS permission grants so Argus can actually see your agents.
Open the .dmg
Double-click the downloaded .dmg, then drag Argus into your Applications folder.
Launch Argus
Open it from Applications. It's notarized by Apple, so it opens cleanly. If macOS asks because it came from the internet, click Open.
Grant the permissions
Follow the setup. When macOS prompts, Allow the Argus system extension and Full Disk Access. That's what lets it watch your agents. It guides you to the exact settings.
Turn on deep inspection
In Settings → Protection, switch on Deep HTTPS inspection to see request contents, then restart your AI agents so they're inspected.
Every agent, on your Mac, in plain sight.
See every AI agent
A live list of every AI assistant running on your Mac, what it connects to, and where in the world those connections go.
Protect secrets
Stop agents from reaching cloud keys, tokens, and sensitive files they were never meant to touch, even if they're told to.
Proof of what happened
A clear, tamper-evident record of what each agent did, handy when you want to retrace a session or check what left the machine.
A few things to know before you start.
Basic diagnostics are always on
Argus always sends scrubbed crash reports and basic app-health signals (counts, timings, app health, and a stable install ID) so we can keep a security tool stable. It never sends your code, prompts, file paths, or the network destinations it observes. You can opt out of the fuller product-usage telemetry and keep just the basics anytime in Settings → Telemetry.
Restart your agents after enabling inspection
Argus can only read an agent's encrypted traffic if the agent trusts its certificate, which happens when the agent starts. Turn on Deep HTTPS inspection first, then quit and reopen Claude, Antigravity, and any other AI tools. Until then they'll show as connection-only.
- macOS 13 Ventura or later. Built and tested on current macOS.
- Apple Silicon Mac. M1 or newer. Intel build coming soon.
- ~250 MB free for the app and its local activity store.
- Admin rights to approve the system extension once.
Verify your download (optional)
The app and disk image are signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so Gatekeeper checks them automatically. If you want to confirm the file independently, the SHA-256 of the disk image is:
96ba5462f1d0b249fb85eb12ca5bdeb4a5638c6b4b51ef42c6c019e73659372bCheck it in Terminal:
# should print the hash above
shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/aegisbox-v1.0.167-darwin-arm64.dmg
Hit a snag? Tell us.
Argus is in public beta, and your notes shape what ships. Bugs, confusion, wishlist: all welcome.