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The Problem

Agents are moving faster than governance. Teams need deterministic checks before actions run, not retroactive forensics after they do.

Why now

Tool-rich agent stacks are shipping into production with fragmented approval paths. The gap between intent and execution is widening precisely as automation scopes expand.

Failure modes
  • Ambiguous requests that approvals cannot verify.
  • Silent tool execution outside of observable workflows.
  • Long-lived credentials that outlast their intended scope.
  • Policy drift between agent updates and control reviews.
  • Evidence trails arriving after impact, not before it.

What existing controls miss

Legacy approvals and static allowlists don’t capture intent or bind it to execution. They operate around the agent instead of inside the decision loop.

Controls often stop short of:
  • Validating intent before a tool call is even possible.
  • Linking approvals to a specific policy version and session.
  • Generating immutable proof that the approved action was the executed action.