ShieldNode vs Skyhelm

ShieldNode is the secure vault and live control panel for every API key your AI agents touch. THE PROBLEM AI agents are powerful, and you give them your API keys to get real work done. But a misfired prompt, a bad tool call, or a runaway loop can drain your Stripe credits, hit your OpenAI rate limits, or post the wrong thing to your Slack. Once an agent has the key, you are trusting it with everything that key can do. THE FIX Your real upstream keys live in our encrypted vault, never in a prompt, never in a config file, never in your agent's context. Your agents only ever see virtual keys that route through our proxy. The proxy decrypts the real credential in memory at the exact moment the request needs to go out, and the value never gets returned to any caller. Every sensitive call can ask you first. DROP-IN AGENT SKILL The piece that makes the whole thing work for anyone using an AI assistant: a free, open-source ShieldNode skill that plugs straight into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, and any agent that can load instructions. One install and the agent learns to use virtual keys correctly, request the right approval duration, identify itself by name in your notifications, and back off cleanly when you decline. You do not have to teach your agent anything. The skill does it. PUSH APPROVAL The killer feature. When your AI agent tries to use a protected key, you get a time-sensitive push notification. Approve from the lockscreen, set a duration (5 minutes, 30 minutes, 2 hours, or custom), and the agent gets through for exactly that window. Decline, and the request dies on the spot. No app switch. No dashboard hunting. UNIVERSAL VAULT One app, every API. Stripe, GitHub, OpenAI, Anthropic, SendGrid, Slack, Notion, anything that takes a key. Add a new service in seconds with the in-app AI Configurator: point it at the docs, it auto-fills the auth scheme and base URL for you. FULL CONTROL Pause a key. Disable a service. Delete a virtual credential. Watch every call land in your live audit log with the method, path, status, latency, plus the agent name and decision when a request was gated by approval. EMERGENCY STOP One tap. Every key locks. Every agent freezes. No confirmation, no delay. The big red button you always wished you had. WHO IT IS FOR - Developers shipping autonomous agents and tired of waking up to surprise bills - Builders letting AI access production credentials and needing a human in the loop - Anyone who hands an API key to an AI agent securely SUBSCRIPTIONS Free plan: 2 services and 500 requests per month, no credit card required. Push approval, the universal vault, and the emergency stop are included from day one. Pro Monthly: $9.99 per month, auto-renewable. Unlocks unlimited services, 100,000 requests per month, longer log retention, and request tracking. Pro Annual: $69.99 per year (effective $5.83 per month), auto-renewable. Same Pro features billed yearly. 14-day Pro trial available, no card up front. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://shieldnode.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Real keys stay encrypted in our vault. Virtual ones do the work. The skill teaches your agent. You stay in control.

Skyhelm is a command center for the AI coding agents on your computer. Supervise, approve, and steer Claude Code and Codex — right from your phone. Your coding agents run on your desktop. Skyhelm watches every session automatically and streams it to your pocket, so you can leave the desk and stay in command. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See every Claude Code & Codex session live — output, diffs, and what the agent is about to do • Approve or deny risky actions — shell commands, file edits, web fetches — before they run • Take over and type, or just talk: hold to speak in English, Slovak or Czech • Get a push notification the moment an agent needs you LOCAL-FIRST & PRIVATE On your home Wi-Fi, your phone talks straight to your desktop — nothing leaves your network. Your code, terminal output, and keys never touch our servers. REACH IT FROM ANYWHERE (Relay PRO) Away from home? The optional Relay bridges your phone to your desktop over an end-to-end-encrypted, zero-knowledge pipe. The relay only forwards sealed data — it never sees a thing. SECURE BY DESIGN Your desktop is the root of trust. Only devices you pair on your local network can reach it. Your device key lives in the Secure Enclave, unlocked with Face ID. A stolen account alone gets in nowhere. Skyhelm needs a coding agent (Claude Code or Codex) running on your macOS or Linux computer, plus the free Skyhelm desktop agent from skyhelm.dev. The app is free; Relay is an optional subscription. SKYHELM PRO — AUTO-RENEWABLE SUBSCRIPTION Skyhelm is free to use on your own Wi-Fi. Skyhelm PRO adds Relay, which reaches your computer from any network. • Skyhelm PRO Monthly — $9.99 per month • Skyhelm PRO Yearly — $99.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in Settings > your Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://skyhelm.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://skyhelm.dev/privacy