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* feat(ocsf): add JSON Schema validator for OCSF events Add openshell-ocsf-validate, which validates an OCSF event against the JSON Schema the OCSF schema server exports for the event's version, class, and declared profiles. The exports encode required attributes, at_least_one constraints, undefined attributes, types, and enum values, so the crate delegates to the jsonschema crate and only selects the schema. The exports type type_uid only as an integer, so the crate also checks that it equals class_uid * 100 + activity_id. An exported schema covers one fixed set of profiles, so the crate vendors one export per class and profile combination that OpenShell emits, under schemas/v<version>/<class>@<profiles>.json. An event whose version or combination has no vendored schema fails with the schemas/update.sh command that vendors it. Keying on the event's version lets a new OCSF version's schemas land before the emitters switch to it. The build embeds every vendored file. Top-level container is accepted unvalidated, as OCSF does not define it at the event level (#4915). Signed-off-by: Kris Hicks <khicks@nvidia.com> * test(ocsf): validate OCSF events with openshell-ocsf-validate Replace openshell-ocsf's hand-written schema walker with openshell-ocsf-validate in the builder, producer, gateway audit and Podman e2e tests. One validate_event call now covers what the per-object validate_required_fields, validate_known_fields and validate_enum_value calls checked, and adds type checks and enum checks for every attribute. Remove the validation module and the vendored OCSF object and class schemas from openshell-ocsf. The e2e suite no longer depends on openshell-ocsf directly. Signed-off-by: Kris Hicks <khicks@nvidia.com> --------- Signed-off-by: Kris Hicks <khicks@nvidia.com>
Important
New in OpenShell 0.1.x: a stable release cadence, new isolation primitives, an expanded extension surface, and new APIs. Read the 0.1.0 upgrade guide.
OpenShell is the safe, private runtime for fleets of autonomous AI agents. Agents are most useful when they can read files, install packages, call APIs, and use credentials. OpenShell gives them that capability without giving them unrestricted access to your data, secrets, or network. You declare what each agent can touch in a policy, and OpenShell enforces it.
How It Works
OpenShell governs what agents can do in two ways: it instruments the kernel to enforce policy on every file access, system call, and network connection at runtime, and it uses formal verification to check what a policy change would allow before it is applied.
- Kernel-level enforcement. Each agent runs in an isolated sandbox. Kernel controls confine which files it can access and which system calls it can make, and every network connection passes through a policy check before it leaves the sandbox. Agents never see real credentials; OpenShell adds them only to requests bound for approved endpoints.
- Formally verified policy changes. Before a policy change is approved, OpenShell uses formal verification to flag risky new access it would grant, such as reaching a new host with credentials or calling a new API method, so those changes wait for human review.
See Architecture for how the gateway, supervisor, and sandbox fit together.
Quickstart
You need Linux, macOS on Apple Silicon, or Windows with WSL 2 (experimental), plus Docker, Podman, or host virtualization. See the Support Matrix for details.
curl -LsSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell/main/install.sh | sh
openshell sandbox create --name demo
The installer sets up the CLI and a local gateway. The default sandbox image is minimal Ubuntu with no agent installed. To run a real agent, follow Run Your First Agent: it runs OpenCode against a free OpenRouter model and shows how to approve new access as the agent needs it.
For native Windows support through Microsoft MXC, see the Windows build and runtime guide for setup and current limitations.
Explore Further
- Sandboxes: images, runtimes, GPUs, and lifecycle.
- Policies: filesystem, network, and process rules, with the advisor and prover for reviewing changes.
- Providers: credentials that work only at approved endpoints, including inference.
- Gateways: the control plane for sandboxes, policy, and access.
- Kubernetes: deploy the gateway with Helm. Your CNI must enforce
NetworkPolicy. - Extensibility: middleware, interceptors, and compute drivers.
- Tutorials: step-by-step policy and agent walkthroughs.
- Prerelease and development builds: try an upcoming release or the latest commit on
main.
Agent Skills
Install the public OpenShell skills for your coding agent:
npx skills add NVIDIA/OpenShell
The skills teach your agent to drive the OpenShell CLI, write sandbox policies, and debug gateways and inference routing. They live in skills/ and work without an OpenShell source checkout.
SDKs
SDKs connect applications to an OpenShell gateway. They do not install the CLI. Use the same OpenShell release for the SDK and the gateway when possible.
| Language | Install | Docs |
|---|---|---|
| Python | uv add openshell |
README |
| TypeScript | npm install @nvidia/openshell-sdk (GitHub Packages) |
README |
| Go | go get github.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell/sdk/go@latest |
README |
| Rust | cargo add openshell-sdk --git https://github.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell --tag <release-tag> |
Installation and usage |
Community
- Questions and discussion: GitHub Discussions
- Bug reports and feature requests: GitHub Issues, using the issue templates
- Security vulnerabilities: follow SECURITY.md. Do not open a GitHub issue.
- Roadmap: OpenShell Roadmap and the RFC board
- Try it in the cloud: Brev Launchable
OpenShell is built agent-first: it is developed with the same agent-driven workflows it enables. See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and the contribution workflow, and AGENTS.md for repository coding conventions.
Telemetry
OpenShell collects anonymous telemetry, limited to operational categories and counts, to help improve the project. It does not collect sandbox names, hostnames, file paths, prompts, credentials, provider or model names, or user content. To disable it, set OPENSHELL_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false on the gateway, or server.telemetryEnabled=false for Helm installs. You can also compile telemetry out entirely. See Telemetry for details and the community telemetry reports for published usage trends.
Notice and Disclaimer
This software automatically retrieves, accesses or interacts with external materials. Those retrieved materials are not distributed with this software and are governed solely by separate terms, conditions and licenses. You are solely responsible for finding, reviewing and complying with all applicable terms, conditions, and licenses, and for verifying the security, integrity and suitability of any retrieved materials for your specific use case. This software is provided "AS IS", without warranty of any kind. The author makes no representations or warranties regarding any retrieved materials, and assumes no liability for any losses, damages, liabilities or legal consequences from your use or inability to use this software or any retrieved materials. Use this software and the retrieved materials at your own risk.
License
This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.