Is HumanLayer safe to use?

HumanLayer has an HVTrust score of 50.2/100 (Grade C), ranked #312 of 468 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for HumanLayer?

HumanLayer scores 50.2/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 11.2k GitHub stars and is categorized under Coding Agents.

HumanLayer

humanlayer/humanlayer

The best way to get AI coding agents to solve hard problems in complex codebases.

Coding Agents TypeScript Grade C Listed NOASSERTION

50.2/100

Rank #312 of 468

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade C · 2/5 signals

Last push

2026-06-19 · 48d ago

Recent change

No recent signal change

Is HumanLayer safe? HumanLayer scores 50.2/100 (Grade C), ranked #312 of 468 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage C (2 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 3.7/10; 53% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-06-19. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

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What Would Improve It

Publish package provenance or release attestations for stronger supply-chain evidence.

Recent Changes

2026-07-15

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 18 spots (#265 → #283)

2026-07-14

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 14 spots (#251 → #265)

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 29 spots (#222 → #251)

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 3.7/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.

Publish provenance Add package provenance or release attestations so users can verify where shipped artifacts came from.

Refresh maintenance signals The repo was last pushed 48 days ago. Fresh activity helps separate stable projects from stale ones.

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56.4

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#39

In Coding Agents

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade C reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage C is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (2 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Rank Trend

2026-07-05 2026-08-06

Activity & Reach

Stars

11.2k

Forks

930

Last Push

2026-06-19

48 days ago

Commits (4 wk)

Downloads (7d)

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HN mentions (30d)

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Open Issues

Rank Change

▼2

was #310

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Coding Agents

50.2 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

HumanLayer Coding Agents average (59 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits

7.3 / 25

1.0 below avg 8.3

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

1.0 below avg 11.8

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

11.6 / 17

in line with avg 11.3

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

8.8 / 20

5.9 below avg 14.7

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

9.7 / 20

2.9 below avg 12.6

Activity Inputs

56.4 / 100

StarsRepository reach

24.3 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

18.3 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

0.0 / 25

CommunityFork signal

13.8 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

3.7 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 5, 2026

Signed Commits

53%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 3

CI-Tests 8

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 4

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 0

License 9

Maintained 0

Packaging -1

Pinned-Dependencies 0

SAST 0

Security-Policy 0

Signed-Releases 0

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0

Is HumanLayer safe?

Public trust evidence for HumanLayer is thin: several supply-chain signals are missing or weak. This does not mean the project is unsafe — it means an outside observer cannot easily verify the usual integrity checks. Treat with extra scrutiny.

Does HumanLayer publish package provenance?

No published build provenance is currently detected for HumanLayer. This is common for open-source projects but means consumers cannot independently verify that the package on the registry matches the GitHub source.

Does HumanLayer have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

HumanLayer has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 3.7/10. The Scorecard checks for branch protection, signed releases, dependency updates, fuzzing, code review, and other supply-chain hygiene items. See the full check breakdown on this page.

Is HumanLayer actively maintained?

Slowing down. Last push was 48 days ago — keep an eye on whether activity resumes.

What license does HumanLayer use?

HumanLayer ships under NOASSERTION. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are HumanLayer's commits signed?

53% of the last 100 commits to HumanLayer are verified-signed (GPG, SSH, S/MIME, or GitHub's signing flow). Signed commits help confirm that code was authored by who the commit claims.

Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.

AI agent surface

MCP, providers, tool surface

Scored in HVTrust

These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →

MCP Server Support

high confidence

Implemented

HumanLayer appears to expose MCP server capabilities.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

None detected

No clear third-party provider dependency detected.

Credential signal: No explicit API-key/config marker detected.

Tool / Plugin Surface

None detected

No clear plugin system or broad tool surface detected.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

Package Provenance Drift

N/A

No package source configured

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

MCP signal live
External deps live
Tool / plugin surface live
Package provenance drift live

Maintain HumanLayer?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores HumanLayer from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.

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Reputation Timeline

Signal history

2026-07-15

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 18 spots (#265 → #283)

2026-07-14

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 14 spots (#251 → #265)

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 29 spots (#222 → #251)

2026-06-24

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 3.3/10

2026-06-24

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → C

2026-06-24

Rank Moved

Rank rose 67 spots (#292 → #225)

2026-06-24

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 28.9pts (22.0 → 50.9)

2026-06-23

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 14 spots (#278 → #292)

2026-06-21

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 22 spots (#253 → #275)

2026-06-20

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #253

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