---
title: "guard"
description: "Helper skill for the `guard` CLI (https://github.com/florianbuetow/guard), a file-permission tool that protects files from accidental modification by AI agents via immutable flags and root ownership. Composes guard comma"
canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/guard
last-updated: 2026-10-12
---

# guard
Helper skill for the `guard` CLI (https://github.com/florianbuetow/guard), a file-permission tool that protects files from accidental modification by AI agents via immutable flags and root ownership. Composes guard commands for five intents, init, create-collection, remove-collection, clear-all, info, running registry operations directly and printing `sudo guard` commands for operations that need root.
- Slug: guard
- Publisher: Florian Buetow
- Repository: https://github.com/florianbuetow/codex-plugins
- Manifest: plugins/guard/plugin.json
- Version: 0.1.0
- License: MIT
- Category (editorial): other
- Skills: 1 (guard)
- MCP servers: 0
- Stars: 0
- Repository created: 2026-09-10
- Repository last pushed: 2026-10-11
- Publisher type: User
- Listing: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/guard
- Schema: https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json

## What guard does, in the publisher's words

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Helper skill for the guard CLI (https://github.com/florianbuetow/guard), a file-permission tool that protects files from accidental modification by AI agents via immutable flags and root ownership. Composes guard commands for five intents, init, create-collection, remove-collection, clear-all, info, running registry operations directly and printing sudo guard commands for operations that need root.

Register the repository marketplace with codex plugin marketplace add., then run codex plugin add guard@florianbuetow-codex-plugins or install it from Florian Buetow Codex Plugins in the Plugins Directory. Invoke its workflows with $.

From the project README, punctuation lightly normalized. Full text: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/florianbuetow/codex-plugins/HEAD/plugins/guard/README.md