Guardrails for
AI-Generated Code

Make every line of AI-generated code play by your rules – before it's even written. Enforceable security and quality standards for your Cursor and Windsurf, under your full control.

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Shift left completed. Once and for all.

Codacy Guardrails

  • SAST
  • Hardcoded secrets
  • Insecure dependencies
  • License scanning
  • Infrastructure-as-code misconfiguration
  • Error prone code
  • Performance issues
  • Best practices
  • Complex code
  • Code style violations
  • SAST
  • Hardcoded secrets
  • Insecure dependencies
  • License scanning
  • Infrastructure-as-code misconfiguration
  • Error prone code
  • Performance issues
  • Best practices
  • Complex code
  • Code style violations
  • SAST
  • Hardcoded secrets
  • Insecure dependencies
  • License scanning
  • Infrastructure-as-code misconfiguration
  • Error prone code
  • Performance issues
  • Best practices
  • Complex code
  • Code style violations
1
Set your security and code quality standards

Select your compliance requirements once, from the world's largest collection of security and code quality standards, for any stack.

2
Install Codacy IDE Plugin

Codacy runs inside Cursor, VSCode and IntelliJ, and seamlessly feeds your coding standards to your AI coding agent.

3
Generate secure, clean AI code on every prompt

Every line of code generated by your AI coding agent is secure and clean from the start, following the standards you define.

Not yet another AI code scanner.

AI coding assistants are breaking performance records every week. And we are here for it.

Instead of throwing in yet another AI code scanner, we simply connect with your AI agent of choice and continue focussing on what we always did best.

Help businesses build a future they can trust.

"Codacy is easy to get started, scalable, and provides effortless Security and Code Quality."

Kanistha A.
Engineering Manager
Berlin, Germany

One source of truth. Limitless possibilities.

Codacy Guardrails pairs conventional, trusted static code analysis methods with the power of AI coding assistants, delivering unmatched speed without compromising trust.

Find the lowest quality files in this repo
Find the worst security issues in this repo
Fix all critical security issues in this file
How can I improve my code with Codacy?
Prioritize all security findings in this branch
List my team’s repositories by quality grade
Write tests for all uncovered lines in this file
Set the PR Diff Coverage gate to 60%
How can I reduce the complexity of my code?
Write this service in compliance with our security standards

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Slightly postponing AI world domination, one prompt at a time.

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