◆ AI/LLM Security

Backslash

commercial

Summary

Backslash is a commercial application-security platform delivered as a service that scans code repositories and reports findings back into developer workflows. It runs checks against pull requests directly, posting findings as PR comments and clearing them automatically once a later scan comes back clean, which keeps review threads free of stale noise; PR event notifications surface these results as they happen. Its coverage extends into AI-assisted development, with integration support for Claude Code and a Block MCP action that lets practitioners block Model Context Protocol actions, placing it at the intersection of application security and AI tool governance rather than traditional infrastructure scanning. This makes it suited to application security teams and developers working with AI coding assistants, rather than SOC analysts or infrastructure-focused practitioners.

Backslash publishes no documentation we track, so the description above is written from general knowledge rather than the vendor's own words.

What Backslash answers

Does it need agents or infrastructure running to scan a repository, or does it work from the outside?

scans repositories as a hosted service against pull request activity, with no in-cluster or on-host component described in what it covers

Can it stop a risky AI tool action before it happens, or only report on it afterward?

the Block MCP action can block a Model Context Protocol action outright, going beyond posting a finding after the fact

Which AI coding tools does it actually understand, versus generic code scanning?

Claude Code is integrated directly, so findings and actions are tied to that workflow rather than treated as plain repository text

Will old security comments clutter a pull request after I fix the issue?

a clean subsequent scan removes the earlier comment automatically, so the thread only shows what is still unresolved

Do I have to check a dashboard to see new findings, or do they reach me where I already work?

findings appear as pull request comments and as PR event notifications as they happen, rather than requiring a separate lookup

Is this the right tool if my team is mostly securing servers and cloud infrastructure rather than application code?

it is built for application security and AI-assisted coding workflows, not SOC or infrastructure-focused scanning

all 4 features, with the evidence for each →

Features

4 capabilities

Built from everything we hold on Backslash — every release we have summarised, its product documentation and how that documentation has changed, its README, its command-line surface and API, and runs we performed ourselves. Dates are when we first saw a capability, not when the vendor introduced it.

Capability area

All capabilities 4 capabilities

Pull request security notifications shipped Surfaces security findings directly in pull request activity and automatically removes stale comments when a subsequent scan returns no findings. 2 releases

release

New PR event notifications surface security findings directly within pull request activity. PR Event Notifications · seen Jul 2026 · source · release history
Automatically removes previously posted PR comments when a subsequent scan returns no findings, keeping pull requests free of stale security noise. Remove PR comment after successful scans · seen Jul 2026 · source · release history

Claude Code integration shipped Adds integration support for Claude Code. 1 release

release

Adds integration support for Claude Code. Claude Code support · seen Jul 2026 · source · release history

MCP action blocking shipped Allows practitioners to block Model Context Protocol actions within the tool. 1 release

release

New Block MCP action enables practitioners to block MCP (Model Context Protocol) actions within Backslash. Block MCP action · seen Jul 2026 · source · release history

Repository pinning shipped Lets users pin selected repositories to the top of the repository list for quick access. 1 release

release

Selected repositories are now pinned to the top of the repository list for quick access. Selected repos shown in top · seen Jul 2026 · source · release history

Capability

Evidence

Lines in monospace are the tool's own words — help text parsed from its source, or an endpoint from its API document. Everything else is our summary of a dated release or documentation change, linked back to the source it came from.

Release history

Nothing shipped since we started watching. Releases and docs updates land here as they happen.

last release Aug 5, 2026 · watching since Jul 22, 2026