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OLO ToolGate

Self-hosted authorization for AI agents and MCP tools

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OLO ToolGate is an Apache-2.0, self-hosted security gateway for AI agents, MCP servers and tool execution. Apply ALLOW, ASK or BLOCK policies, independent human approvals and single-use execution permits, with audit trails linking identities, decisions and outcomes. Now in beta, with a Docker Compose quickstart for local evaluation.

PH · launched Oct 30, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 22%) · 0 views

Niche: ai agent guardrail software · 200 launches, 24 in the last 7 days ▲ +20% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Compliance & governance
  • Developer
  • AI-native
  • Commercial product
  • Open Source
  • Developer Tools
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • GitHub

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Could you build this?

Partial The policy engine, approval flow, and audit log are buildable, but a security gateway for agent tool execution demands expert-level correctness and threat modeling that vibe coding can't guarantee.

What it would actually take: A real version needs a proxy layer that intercepts MCP and tool calls, a policy engine evaluating ALLOW/ASK/BLOCK rules, and tamper-evident audit logging. The hard parts are secure execution permits, identity binding, and resisting bypasses, which call for security engineering expertise and thorough testing.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 330 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #99 of 331 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 345 days after the earliest competitor.

  • AgentGate Labs · ph · 2026-10-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.53
  • TotalHeal AgentGate · ph · 2026-11-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
  • OpenLinker · ph · 2026-11-12 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • ai-agent-gateway · github · 2026-10-01 · 59 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • Foo Guard · ph · 2026-09-29 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • MCP Gateway · hn · 2025-12-03 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • skgate · github · 2026-10-02 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • DeadBolt · ph · 2026-10-12 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45

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