Stockade: A New Orchestration Tool for Claude Code with Channel Support and Security Layers

Stockade is a new orchestration tool designed to work with Anthropic's Claude Code, providing channel-based session management and security layers that address perceived shortcomings in OpenClaw and NanoClaw implementations.

Key Features

According to the developer, Stockade offers several specific capabilities:

• Built around Anthropic's Agent SDK, leveraging default Claude Code features where possible
• Currently supports Discord integration, with more platforms planned
• Enables multiple sessions through channels - agents can be assigned to different channels flexibly (e.g., one agent for an entire Discord server or different agents in different channels)
• Implements Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) - specific users can be given access to specific agents or permissions
• Supports containerization (recommended by the developer)
• Includes credential management and proxies - agents don't see actual credentials; they're injected at request time through HTTP/SSH proxy
• Provides fine-grained permissions with allow, deny, and ask rules (defaults to ask when no rules match)
• Features a Gatekeeper component: an LLM-based agent that can judge and auto-approve low-risk commands or provide additional context for user review

Development Context

The developer created Stockade after building similar AI orchestrators at their organization. They found OpenClaw "horrifying to review or modify" and "very overengineered," while NanoClaw was "too restrictive" and removed fine-grained controls they wanted. Stockade aims to provide a middle ground where agents can run mostly sandboxed but with some agents having host access for fine-grained control.

The tool is currently in early development, supporting only Anthropic models initially, with plans to add more model support. The developer notes they've built similar systems at scale for a publicly listed company where agents are shared among hundreds of users.

Source code is available on GitHub at https://github.com/Dragooon/stockade