the black box recorder for regulated kubernetes

Capture the evidence before the pod dies

reel takes forensic snapshots of every live container: processes, memory, filesystem, packages, crypto, and threats. The evidence lands in your S3 vault, timestamped, before any reporting clock starts.

CLIKubernetes AgentMCP Server

runtime evidence

What's Inside Your Container

reel turns raw container state into security evidence.

container
nginx-a3f2c
nginx:1.25 · ns/prod
reel
standby
evidence manifestevidence/20260713/
checkpointcheckpoint_nginx-a3f2c.tar
memory dumpmemory_nginx-a3f2c.bin
layer difflayer-diff_nginx-a3f2c.tar.gz
SBOMsbom_nginx-a3f2c.cdx.json
CBOMcbom_nginx-a3f2c.json
malware scanmalware_nginx-a3f2c.json

continuous compliance

reel scans images and running containers

Use reel to scan images in your CI/CD pipeline or live containers in development environments and production Kubernetes clusters. Extract forensic evidence, assess security posture and compliance at runtime, continuously.

CLI

One-shot scans from your terminal or CI pipeline.

# CBOM scan a live container
reel export cbom nginx-a3f2c
# Scan live containers for malware
reel export malware nginx-a3f2c
# Store SBOM for your images
# (including or excluding CVEs and vendor VEX)
reel export sbom --image nginx:latest

Agent

Deploy once. reel scans every pod in your Kubernetes cluster and uploads the evidence to S3, on a schedule.

helm install reel \
oci://docker.io/getreel/helm
# Schedule via annotations
@every 1h | upload sbom
@daily | upload cbom

// runs on every node — even immutable OSes like Talos, Bottlerocket & Flatcar, where you can't SSH in

model context protocol

reel can run as an MCP server

reel answers Claude Code, Cursor, and Continue with live state from your running containers: SBOMs, crypto, processes, files, and memory. The runtime context every AI security scanner needs.

claude
mcp
reel

What's actually exploitable in the nginx container?

→ sbom · vuln + vendor VEX

287 CVEs · 263 ruled out by vendor VEX · 24 to triage

Any weak crypto or malware inside?

→ cbom · malware

2 RSA-1024 keys · no malware found

What else is running on that node?

→ list_workloads

redis · postgres · nginx · 3 sidecars