What happens if I fail the exam?

You can retake it after a 24-hour cooldown, as many times as you need. Retakes are free, and each attempt draws a fresh random set of questions.

How long is a certificate valid?

The Safeguard Certified Practitioner credential is valid for 24 months from issue. The expiry date is printed on the certificate and shown live on its public verification page. Renewing means passing the current exam again.

Courses

Safeguard Command Line Interface (CLI) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server: Automation for Engineers

IntermediateFree5 modules · 15 lessons · ~2 min

About this course

Put Safeguard to work without opening the web app: install and script the @safeguard-sh/cli for SBOM generation, scanning and gating in CI or as a local runner, and connect AI assistants to the tenant-scoped MCP server at mcp.safeguard.sh. You will learn to govern what automation and agents may do, verify what they did, and run it all reliably.

What you'll learn

The Automation Surfaces

Three Operators, One Platform: Why Automation Surfaces Exist
Installing and Authenticating the CLI
Interactive, Headless and Agent Modes, and the Local Runner

CLI Workflows: SBOM, Scan and Gate

Generating SBOMs from the Command Line
Scanning: Modes, Engines and Machine-Readable Output
Gating from the CLI, Zero-Day Discovery and Pre-Push Hooks
Scripting the CLI: Wrappers, JSON, Schedules and Containers

The MCP Server

MCP in Ten Minutes, and What Safeguard Serves Over It
Connecting Assistants to the Safeguard MCP Server
The Tool Catalog by Capability: Read, Write and Least Privilege
Worked Automation: From Question to Verified Fix

Agent Governance and In-App Agentic Surfaces

Skills, Workspaces and Connectors: Agentic Automation Inside the App
Governing Agents: MCP Guardrail, the MCP Security SDK, Agent Identity and AI Modes

Engineering the Automation Program

SDKs, Webhooks, IDE Extensions and the Desktop App: Choosing the Right Surface
Reliability, Safety and the Automation Runbook

01The Automation Surfaces3 lessons

Three Operators, One Platform: Why Automation Surfaces Exist
Installing and Authenticating the CLI
Interactive, Headless and Agent Modes, and the Local Runner

02CLI Workflows: SBOM, Scan and Gate4 lessons

Common questions

How much does Safeguard Academy cost?

Nothing. Every course, exam, and certificate on the catalog is free — including retakes. All you need is a free Safeguard account.

What are the prerequisites?

None. The flagship course, Safeguard Certified Practitioner, is a beginner-level course — basic familiarity with how software is built helps, but every exam question is answerable from the lessons themselves.