ArgusBPF: an eBPF audit tool that identifies AI agent activity
10/03/2026 — 10/03, 14:12·1 sources·2 reports
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On October 3, 2026, a post on V2EX introduced ArgusBPF, a system monitoring and auditing tool that developer cn0xroot has open-sourced on GitHub at https://github.com/cn0xroot/ArgusBPF.
According to the post, ArgusBPF hooks into the kernel with eBPF to observe system calls, which is how it determines whether the activity on a machine is coming from a particular AI Agent CLI. The tool is not limited to AI-driven actions: it can also record the behavior of system programs themselves.
The author says this addresses a shortcoming of https://www.cc-monitor.com, which he describes as unable to recognize other AI operations. In his framing, cc-monitor covers one kind of AI activity on a machine, while ArgusBPF is meant to identify the AI operations that fall outside that coverage.
The name Argus comes from the hundred-eyed giant of Greek mythology, a reference the post makes explicit alongside the link to the repository. The report does not name a version number, a set of supported platforms, or a license, and it describes no development beyond the initial release notice. No other coverage of the project appears in the material available.
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Latest turnDeveloper cn0xroot has open-sourced ArgusBPF, a system monitoring and auditing tool that hooks into the kernel via eBPF to watch system calls and flag whether activity comes from an AI agent CLI. It also records operations from system programs themselves, which the author says fills a gap in cc-monitor's ability to recognize other AI activity.
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Developer cn0xroot has open-sourced ArgusBPF, a system monitoring and auditing tool that hooks into the kernel via eBPF to watch system calls and flag whether activity comes from an AI agent CLI. It also records operations from system programs themselves, which the author says fills a gap in cc-monitor's ability to recognize other AI activity.
V2EXAI score 74ArgusBPF is an open-source tool that hooks into the kernel via eBPF to watch system calls, identifying whether activity comes from an AI agent CLI while also logging what system programs themselves do. Its author says it covers the gap left by cc-monitor, which cannot see other AI activity, and the code is on GitHub.
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