# Introducing Deputy: Better signal and control for software supply chains

DevFeed: [Introducing Deputy: Better signal and control for software supply chains](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-deputy-better-signal-and-control-for-software-supply-chains-35886.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/introducing-deputy>)

Author: Kent Gruber

Published: 2026-08-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [Application Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/application-security.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [application-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/application-security.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain-security.md>), [temporal-voices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/temporal-voices.md>)

## AI overview

Temporal introduces Deputy, an open-source, CLI-first security toolchain for inventorying, scanning, triaging, and controlling dependencies across repositories, container images, VM disk images, SBOMs, and other targets. It provides a customizable policy layer for local use, CI, and download-time controls.

## Source excerpt

Meet Deputy, Temporal's open-source, CLI-first toolchain for inventorying, scanning, triaging, and controlling dependencies across your supply chain.