Installation¶
Install the plugin¶
The fastest path — no clone, no build. Run these in the Claude Code terminal CLI (claude):
Restart Claude Code afterwards to load the plugin.
claude-tools can also install the AKA plugin as part of setting up a Claude Code profile — see that repo for the current install command.
Claude Desktop has no terminal, so install from the GUI instead:
- Open Settings → Plugins.
- Add marketplace and enter
akasecurity/ai-tc. - Find aka in the list and click Install.
- Restart Claude Desktop.
See the Claude Desktop plugin guide for the full walkthrough.
Coming soon
Homebrew and npm installation options are coming soon.
Onboard¶
Inside a session, run the onboarding wizard:
This asks three questions (run mode, policy, historical scan consent) and writes your preferences to ~/.aka/settings/settings.json.
Verify it's working¶
Submit a prompt containing a fake credential — the same shape a real secrets rule would match — and confirm AKA blocks it. See the fixtures in rules/secrets/ for a concrete example payload.
You should see a block message referencing secrets/aws-access-key. Then run /aka:findings or /aka:health to see it recorded.
Open the dashboard¶
Navigate to http://localhost:4319/security to see the Events page.
What's next¶
- Review the findings inside your harness with
/aka:findings - Use the
akaCLI for scanning, stats, and managing detection packs - Claude Code plugin guide or Claude Desktop plugin guide for hook internals and configuration details