Bulwark MCP Server

Open-source governance layer for AI agents. Bulwark sits between AI agents and external tools, enforcing policies, managing credentials, inspecting content, and maintaining a complete audit trail. One policy governs all your agents - Claude Code, OpenClaw, Codex, or any MCP/HTTP client.

People who work with Bulwark and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-02-25 · ★ 4 · #917 OF 945 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

Apache-2.0 · Rust servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Bulwark

before you install - you'll need

BULWARK_SESSION

Environment variables documented in the project's README - it lists which are required and which have defaults.

Docker

docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/bpolania/bulwark:v0.2.0

Claude Desktop - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bpolania-bulwark": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/bpolania/bulwark:v0.2.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as container (OCI image) - can be sandboxed away from your filesystem

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.bpolania is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Bulwark can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.2.0 · 2026-02-25

v0.1.0 · 2026-02-16

Bulwark v0.1.0 - Governance Layer for AI Agents · Bulwark is an open-source governance proxy that sits between AI agents and the tools they call. Policy enforcement, credential injection, content inspection, rate…

04 · Who maintains Bulwark

Bulwark is maintained by bpolania. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Feb 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/bpolania/bulwark
website: https://github.com/bpolania/bulwark
category: other - ranked #917 of 945 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-09-18.
registry: io.github.bpolania/bulwark (active, first published 2026-02-25)
packages: oci:ghcr.io/bpolania/bulwark:v0.2.0

06 · Bulwark FAQ

What is Bulwark?

Is Bulwark still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-02-25. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Bulwark?

Run `docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/bpolania/bulwark:v0.2.0`. The README documents one environment variable (BULWARK_SESSION) to set first. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

07 · Alternatives to Bulwark

Alternatives to Bulwark

Maintained other servers if Bulwark isn't the fit.

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