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Give teams one governed execution boundary.

Platform teams can keep agent frameworks, MCP tools, code agents, connectors, and company automations behind one fail-closed HELM boundary.

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Audience

Platform engineering and developer infrastructure teams.

  • AI agent execution boundary
  • MCP tool governance
  • platform engineering AI agents
  • fail-closed agent tools
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Objection

A gateway still needs a decision.

Sending a tool call through a gateway is not the same as deciding if it may run.

Workflow

Connector and tool governance workflow

A new MCP tool appears in an agent stack and asks to call a production connector.

Platform Engineeringaction boundary
StageBoundary detail
DeclarePlatform records connector scope, sandbox grant, tenant, and allowed action classes.
QuarantineUnknown or changed tool behavior becomes review work before runtime authority changes.
GateHELM checks the proposed tool or code action against policy, CPI, PEP, code scope, and approval state.
RecordReceipts and ProofGraph edges show which connector path was allowed, denied, or escalated.
Fail-Closed Execution FirewallMCPPOLICYRECEIPTAUDIT
A technical figure for MCP/tool-call requests: HELM checks policy before dispatch, denies unsafe actions, and emits receipt evidence.
Fail-Closed Execution FirewallAn AI agent proposes a tool call through MCP. HELM AI Kernel checks policy before execution, denies an unsafe SQL operation, emits a signed denial receipt, and records proof into ProofGraph and EvidencePack surfaces.HELM AI Kernelpublic execution boundaryMCPtool callpolicyreceiptauditFail-closed execution firewall for AI agentsPolicy is enforced before execution. Every allow, deny, or escalation emits a signed receipt.tool calldecisionProofGraphtamper-sensitive receipt historyEvidencePackoffline-verifiable packetstandards / verification / proofFigure: fail-closed agent execution path
Text description

Agent request: an AI agent proposes a tool call through MCP.

HELM gate: HELM AI Kernel checks policy before dispatch and fails closed when the action violates policy.

Decision and proof: the action is denied, no side effect is dispatched, and a signed receipt is written for later audit.

Proof artifact

Platform proof path

Platform Engineering mechanism demo

AI proposes workflow work. HELM decides whether it may run. The receipt makes the decision checkable later.

ESCALATET2 / pending review
ProposeDecideReceipt
Deploy workflowESCALATE · prod_deploy.v2 · rcpt-demo-26fae4c3

Tamper detectable: changing the verdict produces a different receipt.

FAQ

Platform Engineering FAQ

Does HELM replace existing agent frameworks?

No. Frameworks can continue planning work. HELM controls whether a proposed side effect may execute.

Next step

Move from reading to review.

Use public HELM AI Kernel for developer evaluation. Use reviewed access for company architecture review.

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