Local-First AI Coding Security
Last updated: 2026-07-024 min read
Reality Graph’s security posture is architecture, not adjectives: local-first by design, advisory by default, no auto-commit, human approval gates, and a visible answer to “what leaves my machine?”. No guarantees are claimed that the architecture cannot back.
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The principles, stated checkably
- Local-first. Workflow, repository access, context, validation, and evidence live in your environment. Verifying AI-generated code should not require shipping your repository to another cloud service – what “local” really covers.
- Advisory by default. Reality Graph reads, checks, and reports. It does not write, commit, or apply code on its own – a person does, at a gate, with evidence in view.
- Visible data flow. What leaves your machine is determined by your configuration – for example which model API your setup uses under your own agreements – not by a hidden default. “Nothing ever leaves” would be a marketing sentence; “you can see what leaves” is an architecture property.
- Least surprise. No background jobs on your repository, no telemetry phoning home from your codebase, no silent network access as a side effect of verification.
- Evidence over trust. Every run produces a reviewable report – including what was skipped. The same standard this page applies to itself.
Because these are architecture properties, you do not have to take them on faith – each one has a concrete way to check it:
| Question | How you verify it yourself |
|---|---|
| Does source code leave my environment? | Inspect the configuration and watch the network egress during a run – the only outbound calls are the model API your setup already uses. |
| Can it write or commit code on its own? | Check the permissions it runs with and the workflow gates: there is no auto-commit path to find. |
| What exactly happened in a run? | Read the evidence report stored with the code – intent, changes, validation results, and what was skipped. |
| What does the vendor learn about my code? | Nothing by architecture: no account requirement, no server-side copy of runs, no telemetry from your repository. |
What we deliberately do not claim
A security page is only as trustworthy as the claims it refuses to make. Reality Graph is in private beta, and the following are therefore stated plainly:
- No certifications yet – no SOC 2, no ISO 27001. If and when formal audits happen, they will be linked here; until then, absence is stated, not papered over.
- No compliance guarantees– “GDPR compliant” is a property of your deployment and your processes, assessed by your counsel. Architecture can make that assessment easier; a vendor cannot make it for you.
- No “guaranteed secure AI coding” – verification reduces risk and makes it visible. It does not abolish it, and nobody serious will tell you otherwise.
The website practices what the product preaches
This site runs cookie-free: no visitor IDs, no fingerprinting, no stored IPs, no third-party trackers – aggregate, anonymous signals only, documented in the privacy notes. A product whose pitch is data control should not greet you with a consent banner.
Where Reality Graph fits
Security-sensitive teams are a core audience for a local-first verification layer – and the ones least served by adjectives. Talk to the founder about your constraints, or request early access.
Architecture properties
- Runs in your environment – local-first by design
- Advisory by default: reads, checks, reports – never writes on its own
- Human approval gates on every change
- Data flow visible in configuration, not hidden in defaults
Deliberately not claimed
- “Guaranteed secure” – verification reduces risk, it does not abolish it
- GDPR/SOC 2/ISO certifications – none exist yet; absence is stated
- “Zero data ever leaves” – what leaves is your visible configuration
- Enterprise-readiness – it is a private beta, and says so
If these boundaries fit how your team wants to ship:
FAQ
- Is Reality Graph secure?
- No tool should answer that question with 'yes' – security is a property of your whole setup, not a product feature. What Reality Graph offers are verifiable architecture properties: it runs in your environment, it is advisory by default, it does not auto-commit, and what leaves your machine is determined by your configuration, visibly. Judge it by those properties, not by adjectives.
- Does my source code leave my environment?
- Reality Graph is local-first: the workflow, repository access, context handling, and evidence reports live in your environment. Where a model API is part of your setup, calls happen under your own agreements and controls – and that data flow is your configuration, not a hidden default. No third-party review service ingests your repository.
- Is Reality Graph GDPR compliant / SOC 2 / ISO 27001 certified?
- Reality Graph is in private beta and holds no certifications – and we won't claim otherwise. The local-first architecture reduces external processing, which compliance-conscious teams value, but compliance is an assessment of your specific deployment that stays with you and your counsel.
- Can Reality Graph modify or commit code on its own?
- No. It is advisory by default: it structures tasks, checks boundaries, runs validation, and produces evidence – a human accepts or rejects changes. There is no auto-commit and no hidden write path.
- What data does Reality Graph process, and where?
- The working data of a verification run – task definitions, boundaries, validation results, evidence reports – is created and stored locally in your environment, alongside the code it describes. Reality Graph does not require an account, does not phone results home, and has no server-side copy of your runs to lose.
- How does local-first compare to a cloud review tool for security?
- A cloud review service has to receive your source code to review it, which makes its infrastructure part of your attack surface and its data practices part of your compliance story. A local-first layer keeps that surface inside the boundary you already control. Neither approach is automatically 'more secure' – but local-first means one less party to trust, and one less processor to document.
- How do I report a security issue?
- Via the contact form, marked as security-related. Reports go directly to the founder and are taken seriously – a small product in private beta has no security theater to hide behind, only fast fixes.
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