forge: A Python framework for self-hosted LLM tool-calling and multi-step agentic workflows

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How to install forge

pip install forge-guardrails                # core only
pip install "forge-guardrails[anthropic]"   # + Anthropic client

Taken from the project's README on GitHub. Check the security audit before running it.

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 69/100

None of the 42 rules matched — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against 42 published rules built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

The quality score combines nine heuristic checks of the repo and its README: completeness, clarity, specificity, examples, structure, agent readiness, step-by-step content, instruction quality and security notes. It rates how well the project explains itself to an agent, not the code.

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Quick Facts

Stars2,264
Forks174
LanguagePython
CategoryAgent Tool
LicenseMIT
Quality Score69/100
Open Issues3
Last Updated2026-11-02
Created2026-02-16
Platformspython
Est. Tokens~16k

About forge

forge A reliability layer for self-hosted LLM tool-calling. Forge lifts an 8B local model to the top of its class on multi-step agentic workflows through guardrails (rescue parsing, retry nudges, step enforcement) and context management (VRAM-aware budgets, tiered compaction).

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How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy: 42 published rules, covering credential harvesting, data exfiltration, curl | sh installers and more. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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