Observed arrival · 2026-09-12

airlok, a privacy airlock for terminal coding agents

airlok.dev Observed source

Editorial interest 79/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A terminal coding agent that replaces detected secrets with placeholders before sending requests to an AI model.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-12 issue.

Field notes

airlok runs as a terminal coding agent and keeps the conversation on the local machine in plain text while masking credentials sent to the model. The page illustrates the flow with a Stripe key: the model receives `<<SECRET_1>>`, then local file edits can restore the value while terminal output remains masked. Version 0.5.0 supports Anthropic and OpenAI endpoints, including Azure OpenAI, and exposes `airlok context` and `airlok redactions` for inspection.

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