tool-gates vs HOL Guard
tool-gates is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑19.
tool-gates is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by camjac251. No marketplace we read lists it any more. HOL Guard is an MCP server published by hashgraph-online. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-20. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  HOL Guard | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace camjac251/tool-gates | Removed on 2026-10-19 Version: 1.22.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 3.25.2 Downloads/month (PyPI): 76 527 Downloads/week (PyPI): 10 913 Forks (GitHub): 176 Stars (GitHub): 934 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | tool-gatesno longer listed · | HOL Guard |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 4 | 934 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 176 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (hol-guard) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/camjac251/tool-gates | github.com/hashgraph-online/hol-guard |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of tool-gates
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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What each says it does
tool-gates
Intelligent permission gate for shell, file, search, Skill, and MCP tool surfaces. AST-parses Bash commands, guards file reads/writes, and blocks configured tool invocations. Tracks manually approved commands for permanent rules.
HOL Guard
Local-first AI agent security evidence and approval workflows through HOL Guard's stdio MCP server.
How to run each
tool-gates
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
HOL Guard As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio hol-guard -- uvx hol-guard mcp serve --stdioCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: tool-gates · What it can do: HOL Guard · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.