Self-hosted AI agent for terminal and Telegram, with Claude/Codex workers, live activity and a deterministic permission kernel.
talos-kernel/Talos is an MCP server distributed on github, maintained by talos-kernel, tracked here since August 2026. It has shipped 17 releases and exposes 13 tools. Tools include agent_consult, ask_operator, delegate, delegate_agy, delegate_codex, delegate_steer, and 7 more. Its composite risk grade is D — an inferred review prompt computed from observed signals, not a verdict.
Reading the source raised 4 review prompts — dangerous code, exfiltration combo, purpose mismatch and tool shadowing — each a pattern worth a human look rather than a finding of fault.
Since the previous scan on 2026-09-15: 6 tools added.
full security breakdown →-
agent_consultbounded advice from a second, operator-configured agent — data, never permission -
ask_operatorthe one way it can ask you something on purpose -
delegatea sub-run that can only read -
delegate_agythe same confined worker's second backend (the agy CLI): same trust form and workspace, behind its own opt-in gates on agent and worker, no… -
delegate_codexbounded implementation and independent review with Codex: the same kernel and sandbox, isolated auth, verified stream completion and origin… -
delegate_steera course correction into a *running* /background task — a framed turn it reads at its next step, never a new right -
entity_statusa known name resolved to an operator-configured fixed read-only probe -
gitclone / fetch / pull / push with credentials — every op a human's yes, binding to exact op+repo+remote; local git work stays in the sandbox… -
http_requestany REST API — read methods through the SSRF-hardened door, state-changing methods always a human's yes, binding to exact method+URL -
remote_execa command on another machine over ssh — operator-allowlisted hosts, always a human's yes, standing rules bind to exact host+command -
run_shella command, sandboxed, or refused where no sandbox exists -
session_searchwhat was said in earlier turns -
skill_writea new skill, written exactly once — and never without a human's yes
| version | date | src |
|---|---|---|
| v0.19.17-alpha | 2026-09-15 | github |
| v0.19.16-alpha | 2026-09-15 | github |
| v0.19.15-alpha | 2026-09-13 | github |
| v0.19.14-alpha | 2026-09-13 | github |
| v0.19.13-alpha | 2026-09-12 | github |
| v0.19.12-alpha | 2026-09-12 | github |
| v0.19.11-alpha | 2026-09-12 | github |
| v0.19.9-alpha | 2026-09-12 | github |
| v0.19.8-alpha | 2026-09-12 | github |
| v0.19.7-alpha | 2026-09-12 | github |