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Guard is kombify AI’s autonomous watchdog. It monitors your infrastructure around the clock and can detect, report, and fix issues automatically.

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How Guard works

Guard runs three processing loops at different intervals:
LoopIntervalPurpose
FastEvery 10 secondsCritical health checks, service availability
HeartbeatEvery 60 secondsNode metrics, resource usage trends
Deep scanEvery 6 hoursSecurity audit, configuration drift, updates

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Enabling Guard

1

Navigate to AI settings

Open AI Settings > Managers > Guard in your kombify dashboard.
2

Configure trust level

Choose Guard’s initial autonomy level:
  • Observer — Monitor and log only (recommended to start)
  • Advisor — Suggest fixes, require your confirmation
  • Autonomous — Execute fixes automatically
3

Select monitoring targets

Choose which nodes and services Guard should monitor. You can start with a subset and expand later.
4

Set up notifications

Configure how Guard reports issues: email, push notification, or chat message.

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Trust progression

Guard uses a graduated trust model. Start with Observer to build confidence:
Only enable Autonomous mode after Guard has been running in Advisor mode for a period and you are comfortable with its suggestions.

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What Guard monitors

  • Service availability and response times
  • Node resource usage (CPU, RAM, disk)
  • Security events and suspicious activity
  • Configuration drift from desired state
  • Available system and package updates

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Further reading

Trust model explained

Deep dive into the Observer-Advisor-Autonomous model

Architecture

How Guard fits into the kombify AI architecture