Agentic access control for macOS

Let agents act. Keep access under control.

Vardra brokers scoped, time-boxed secret access for named coding agents. Routine work can auto-allow; higher-risk requests stop for your approval; every decision stays locally auditable.

Named agentsScoped grantsLocal audit
VardraAgent access / Apex Radius
Unlocked locally
Codex · Vardra workspace2 exact grants · connected locally
Active
Claude Code · Client delivery1 Ask-first grant · lease expired
Review
Cursor · Local sandboxNo grants · denied by default
Blocked

Exact capability

billing_test.api_key · execute

Policy

Ask-first · 15 minutes · one use
Approve onceDenyRevoke grant
Access without the blast radiusGive each agent only the credential action, scope, and lifetime its task requires.
Policy before executionRoutine work can auto-allow. Higher-risk requests stop for an explicit local decision.
Every decision attributableAudit which named agent requested what, when, and why—then revoke the next use immediately.

The agentic access gap

Agents can act faster than access controls can keep up.

The problem is not where a password is stored. It is deciding which software identity may use a real credential, for what task, under what limits, with proof after the run.

01

The agent inherits a standing token

A credential meant for one task quietly becomes broad, reusable access with no expiry or attribution.

02

Every request gets the same answer

Blanket approval stops work; blanket permission removes control. Risk needs an explicit policy tier.

03

Nobody can prove what was used

After the run, shell history and model transcripts cannot establish which agent accessed which capability.

One local policy boundary

Govern access where agents actually work.

Trust boundary

The agent gets a capability. The model never gets the secret.

Vardra does not sell password storage. It gives agentic workflows a harder boundary: named identities, scoped grants, local policy decisions, immediate revocation, and no server-side vault key.

Read the security model
01

Name the agent

Every local coding agent gets its own expiring identity instead of inheriting the operator’s authority.

02

Grant one capability

Bind an exact secret field, action, expiry, lease duration, use cap, and Auto-allow or Ask-first risk tier.

03

Broker the work

Authorized tasks use the credential inside Vardra’s trusted local executor; the model receives no raw value.

04

Audit and revoke

Review every request and decision by agent, then invalidate a grant or active lease before the next use.

Pricing

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Agent Access

CA$29/mo
  • Named, scoped agent identities
  • Auto-allow and Ask-first access policies
  • Time-boxed grants with immediate revocation
  • Local audit trail for every access decision
  • Native macOS app, CLI, and MCP broker
  • Unlimited secrets and local access requests
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Objections answered

What operators need to know before trusting an access broker.

Is Vardra a password manager?

No. Vardra is an access broker for AI agents. It governs which named agent may use a secret, for which action, and for how long—without returning the raw value to the model.

Where do my secrets actually live?

The readable vault opens on your device. If sync is enabled, Vardra relays encrypted payloads that are useless without your local unlock material.

Can Vardra reset my master password?

No. That is the security boundary. Recovery has to come from material you control, not a support override that could open the vault.

Does this replace `.env` files?

For local development, that is the direction: keep canonical values in Vardra and inject only what a process needs. v0.1 starts with native vault and CLI/headless workflows; richer dev-tool guardrails graduate from there.

What happens if a device is lost?

Revoke that device from your account and continue from another paired device or your recovery material. A lost device does not give Vardra plaintext access.

Is this only a desktop app?

No. v0.1 pairs the native Apple-silicon macOS vault with retained command-line and Linux headless workflows.

Launch path

Connect one agent. Broker one real task. Keep the credential out of the model.