Vantage Brings Guardrails to Coding Agents

Vantage fills a real gap in agentic coding: developers need visibility and control without giving up their preferred coding agent. Its local-first approach is compelling, but hook-based policies remain guardrails rather than a true security sandbox. [Reddit discussion](https://www.reddit.com/r/devtools/comments/1wqko9z/see_and_control_what_your_coding_agent_does/)

• –Live token, cost, quota, and burn-rate visibility addresses surprise agent spending
• –File, command, network, and secret policies are more practical than all-or-nothing approvals
• –Session replay, search, change summaries, and isolated worktrees improve debugging and accountability
• –Support for multiple terminal agents makes Vantage a useful control layer instead of another coding environment
• –Runtime-assembled commands can bypass rules, while some models have unknown pricing or limited approval behavior