aiignore launches as a portable policy standard for AI agents
AP_in_Indy · reddit · 2026-07-21
The author releases aiignore, an open specification and reference implementation for controlling what AI agents may discover, read, modify, execute, or transmit.
Core idea:
- A portable .aiignore.yaml file defines policy boundaries for files, environment variables, network destinations, tool output, generated content, and exceptions.
The public alpha includes:
- a draft 0.1 spec and JSON Schema
- a TypeScript reference implementation and CLI
- integrations for Codex and Gemini CLI
- portable conformance tests
- security-focused defaults, docs, and release artifacts
Examples show how to deny access to secret files, drop credential environment variables, restrict network destinations, and redact private-key material from output, requests, and logs.
The project is still experimental, but the goal is to create a concrete, testable standard that agent harnesses can adopt consistently.
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