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swytchcodehq/agent-install-monitor — explained in plain English

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tl;dr

A local logging tool that records every package, Docker image, or repo an AI coding agent installs on your machine, so you can review it later.

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    What it does
      Logs agent installs
      Tracks packages and images
      Local only storage
    Tech stack
      Python
      Hermes plugin
      SQLite
    Use cases
      Audit agent actions
      Review installed packages
      Export session history
    Audience
      Vibe coders
      Developers

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Review what packages and Docker images an AI agent installed during a session.

VIBE 2

Figure out why a tool like Playwright ended up installed on your machine.

VIBE 3

Export a session's install history as JSON or CSV for a report.

VIBE 4

Audit which Git repositories an AI agent cloned while working on a task.

what's the stack?

PythonHermesSQLite

how it stacks up fr

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LanguagePythonPythonPython
Setup difficultyeasyeasyhard
Complexity2/52/54/5
Audiencevibe coderdeveloperdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

Only works with Hermes Agent today, must install into Hermes's own Python environment.

MIT license, use freely for any purpose including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

in plain english

Agent Install Monitor keeps track of everything an AI coding agent installs on your computer. When you let an AI assistant write and run code for you, it might quietly install a Python package, pull a Docker image, clone a Git repository, or start a background service. Weeks later it can be hard to remember why any of that is there. This tool keeps a local log so you always have an answer. Right now it plugs into Hermes Agent specifically, watching the commands Hermes runs and recording things like package installs across npm, pip, cargo, and many other package managers, Docker and Podman actions, Git clones, service starts, and installer downloads. Support for other AI agents such as Claude Code is planned but not available yet. The tool is described as an observability layer, not a control layer. It does not stop the agent from installing anything, and it does not undo or roll back changes on its own. Its only job is to record what happened so a human can review it later. Everything is stored locally in a small database on your machine, and the project states plainly that nothing leaves your machine. Installation runs a script that finds the same Python environment Hermes uses, installs the monitor into it so Hermes can discover it as a plugin, and offers to add a command line tool called agent-monitor to your terminal's path. Once installed and enabled, you use Hermes as normal, then run commands like agent-monitor history or agent-monitor sessions afterward in a regular terminal to review what was installed, including exporting the results as JSON or CSV. The detection method matches command text as it runs, so the author is upfront that it is a best effort log rather than a strict security boundary. It is written in Python, requires Python 3.9 or newer, and is released under the MIT license, which is a permissive license that allows free use, including commercial use.

prompts (copy fr)

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Walk me through installing agent-install-monitor as a Hermes plugin on my machine.
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Explain what categories of installs agent-install-monitor can detect and log.
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Help me export my most recent Hermes session's install history as JSON.
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What does agent-install-monitor NOT do, so I understand its limits as an observability tool?

Frequently asked questions

what is agent-install-monitor fr?

A local logging tool that records every package, Docker image, or repo an AI coding agent installs on your machine, so you can review it later.

What language is agent-install-monitor written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, Hermes, SQLite.

What license does agent-install-monitor use?

MIT license, use freely for any purpose including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is agent-install-monitor to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is agent-install-monitor for?

Mainly vibe coder.

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