agent safety

Agent safety answer

mise manages language runtimes and can execute project toolchain hooks.

Credential access

Reads project config, environment variables, and tool-specific credentials.

Remote mutation

Can install runtimes and run configured tasks that call remote systems.

Publish/artifact risk

Can drive build and release commands through tasks.

Recommended control

Gate task execution, plugin installs, and secret-backed commands.

Agent-use guidance

Allow version inspection; require approval for task runs that publish, deploy, or install plugins.

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mise

provider-native install command

overview

Package summary

Polyglot runtime manager (asdf rust clone)

Project links

Commands and aliases

mise

history

Project history and usage

mise is a Rust-based developer-environment manager by jdx that grew out of the earlier rtx project. The project's documentation says rtx was renamed to mise to avoid confusion with Nvidia's RTX graphics branding and to make the CLI easier to search for and discuss. Its Homebrew description still captures that origin by calling it a polyglot runtime manager and an asdf Rust clone, while the project README frames the broader scope as dev tools, environment variables, and tasks in one CLI.

Project history

Technically, mise started in the same problem space as asdf, pyenv, nvm, and direnv: keeping per-project tool versions and environment setup reproducible. It kept compatibility hooks that mattered to asdf users, including .tool-versions files and asdf plugins, but expanded into multiple installation backends such as npm, pipx, core, aqua, and GitHub releases. The documentation emphasizes real executable paths on PATH, optional shell activation, shims for CI and IDE use, and a mise.toml file that can hold tool versions, environment variables, and task definitions together.

How it is used

In practice, developers use mise to install and switch between runtimes like Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, Terraform, CMake, and many other CLIs, then run project tasks under the same resolved environment. Its package-manager niche is broader than a language-specific version manager and more integrated than a plain task runner: it is installed by Homebrew and other package managers as a single CLI that coordinates tool acquisition, directory-aware environment loading, and repeatable project commands.

Sources

approval gates

Human review metadata for risky commands

The local approval-gate seed includes 6 rules for mise. Covered entrypoints: mise. Severity labels: critical, high, medium. Coverage: partial, reviewed 2026-05-21.

Example gated actions

Install runtimes or tools.
Uninstall runtimes or tools.
Execute a command inside a mise-managed environment.
Trust project configuration.
Change project or global runtime selection.
Persist mise settings.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: mise.local.tomlmise.tomlmise/config.toml.mise/config.toml.config/mise.toml.config/mise/config.toml.config/mise/conf.d/*.toml~/.config/mise/config.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mise`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version2026.8.0

manager updated2026-08-01

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mise
Version	2026.8.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://mise.jdx.dev/
Repository	https://github.com/jdx/mise
Last updated	2026-08-01T21:49:01Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/mise.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
approval-gate seed metadata
curated agent safety answer
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install mise with Homebrew