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Proxy Architecture

Cencurity Engine is a local guardrail server for AI coding tools.

It sits between your IDE and the model provider.

Core idea

When the model sends code back, Cencurity Engine checks that output right away and can:

  • pass safe output through
  • hide sensitive output with redact
  • stop dangerous output with block

Start-here mental model

If you only remember one thing, remember this:

keep your API key in your IDE, run Cencurity Engine locally, and point your IDE to http://localhost:8080.

Most users do not need to copy their provider API key into Cencurity Engine.

Simple structure

IDE or agent
  -> Cencurity Engine
  -> model provider

Community and Engine

  • Community exposes the same proxy pattern through http://localhost:18082
  • the standalone engine runs locally on http://localhost:8080