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One-click dev environment lockdown

A terminal tool that disables AI code assistants’ risky features during sensitive work.

Why now

Security teams are scrambling to prevent accidental code leaks via AI tools.

Who for
Enterprise security teams
Business model
Annual enterprise licensing
Effort
A weekend

Developers using AI coding assistants may unintentionally expose proprietary code through autocomplete or chat features. A command-line tool could toggle these features off during work on sensitive repos.

The tool would hook into IDE APIs to disable cloud-based suggestions when it detects access to directories marked as confidential.

Sell to enterprise security teams as part of compliance toolkits, with annual licensing.

MVP: A simple script that kills local AI coding agent processes when specific git remotes are active.

Risk: Developers may bypass the tool if it disrupts workflows too aggressively.

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