Security Best Practices for CrewAI Agents

from crewai import Agent

analyst = Agent(
    role="Security Analyst",
    goal="Investigate and summarize incidents",
    backstory="Careful and methodical",
    max_rpm=30,
    max_iter=12,
    max_execution_time=180,
)

from crewai import Agent
from crewai.tools import FileReadTool, SerperDevTool

researcher = Agent(
    role="Researcher",
    goal="Collect external facts",
    backstory="Finds reliable sources",
    tools=[SerperDevTool()],
)

auditor = Agent(
    role="Document Auditor",
    goal="Review internal policy documents",
    backstory="Checks compliance language",
    tools=[FileReadTool()],
)

from crewai import Agent

coordinator = Agent(
    role="Coordinator",
    goal="Route specialized tasks",
    backstory="Delegates carefully",
    allow_delegation=True,
    max_iter=8,
)

from pydantic import BaseModel
from crewai import Task

class RiskSummary(BaseModel):
    severity: str
    findings: list[str]
    recommendation: str

security_task = Task(
    description="Review tool configuration for least privilege",
    expected_output="A structured risk summary with severity, findings, and recommendation.",
    output_pydantic=RiskSummary,
)

from crewai import Task

review_task = Task(
    description="Draft the incident summary from collected logs",
    expected_output="A concise incident summary",
    human_input=True,
)

from crewai.hooks import HookAborted, InterceptionPoint, on

@on(InterceptionPoint.PRE_TOOL_CALL, tools=["send_email", "delete_file"])
def require_approval(ctx):
    response = ctx.request_human_input(
        prompt=f"Approve {ctx.tool_name}?",
        default_message=f"Args: {ctx.tool_input}\nType 'yes' to approve:",
    )
    if response.strip().lower() != "yes":
        raise HookAborted(reason="denied by operator", source="approval-gate")