AI Agent Authorization

Give your AI agents
a human safety net

Before an agent executes a sensitive action, SilentAuth blocks it, notifies a human, and waits for explicit approval. No SDK. One API call. Full audit trail.

declare_intent.py
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# Before executing a sensitive action, declare an intent
resp = requests.post(
"https://silentauth.ai/api/intents",
headers={
"Authorization": f"Bearer {SECRET_KEY}",
},
json={
"action": "delete_user_data",
"source": "refund-agent-v1-abc12",
"source_type": "ai_agent",
"risk_tier": "critical",
"parameters": {"user_id": user_id},
},
)
intent_id = resp.json()["id"]# → pending approval
decision = resp.json()["decision"]# require_approval | auto_approve | auto_deny
Step 1 of 4
Interactive Demo

See it in action

Pick an agent action, simulate the authorization flow, and approve or deny it — just like your team would in production.

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Authorization pipeline

Intent declared
Policy check
Human review
Permit issued

Select an action and click run to simulate the flow

Policy outcome:Human approval required

Everything you need to secure agent actions

Purpose-built for AI agents and autonomous systems that need a safety layer before taking real-world actions.

Human-in-the-Loop Control

Wrap any agent action with a single API call. When risk is high, execution blocks until a human explicitly approves — preventing autonomous runaway actions.

Policy-Driven Automation

Define rules that auto-approve routine low-risk actions and auto-deny blocked patterns. Your agents move fast where it's safe and pause where it matters.

Cryptographic Permits

Approvals issue signed JWT tokens your backend can verify without a network call. Permits expire in 5 minutes — no replay, no forgery.

Real-Time Notifications

Approvers are notified instantly via dashboard, webhook, or email when a pending intent requires review. No polling, no delays.

Agent Status Enforcement

Register agents with unique fingerprints. Pause or revoke any agent from the dashboard — it's blocked instantly with no code changes. Last-seen timestamps update automatically.

Full Audit Trail

Every intent, decision, and permit is logged immutably. Know exactly who approved what, when, from what agent, and with what parameters.

How it works

Four steps from agent action to cryptographic permit — or a clean denial.

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Register your agent and declare an intent

Register your agent in the dashboard to get a unique fingerprint. Then, before executing a sensitive action, make a single POST request with the fingerprint as the source field.

request
curl -X POST https://silentauth.ai/api/intents \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_your_secret_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action":      "issue_refund",
    "source_type": "ai_agent",
    "source":      "refund-agent-v1-abc12",
    "risk_tier":   "high",
    "parameters":  {
      "customer_id": "cust_4821",
      "amount": 50.00
    }
  }'
response
{
  "id":       "a3f2c1b0-...",
  "decision": "require_approval",
  "data": {
    "status": "pending",
    "risk_tier": "high"
  }
}
02

Policy evaluated instantly

SilentAuth checks your configured policies before the intent is created. Matching rules resolve it immediately — no human needed for known-safe patterns.

  • Match on action name (glob patterns like delete_* )
  • Match on risk tier (low / medium / high / critical)
  • Match on source type (ai_agent / devops / automation)
  • Priority ordering — first match wins
  • Auto-approve or auto-deny with immediate response
03

Human notified if required

If no policy auto-resolves the intent, it lands in your Execution Gate dashboard and fires configured webhooks to alert your team in real time.

  • Dashboard shows full context: action, parameters, risk tier
  • Webhook fires instantly to Slack, PagerDuty, or custom endpoint
  • Approver sees who triggered it, from which agent, and with what args
  • Critical-risk intents require typed 'CONFIRM' confirmation
04

Agent receives signed permit

On approval, a cryptographic JWT permit is issued and your agent — which has been polling — receives it and can proceed. On denial, it aborts cleanly.

request
# Python: poll until resolved
for _ in range(120):   # 10 minute timeout
    time.sleep(5)
    result = requests.get(
        "https://silentauth.ai/api/intents?status=approved",
        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {SECRET_KEY}"},
    ).json()
    for intent in result["data"]:
        if intent["id"] == intent_id:
            permit_token = intent["permit_token"]
            # Proceed with the action!
            return permit_token

Common use cases

Any autonomous action with real-world consequences becomes safer with an execution gate.

💳

Payment & Refund Processing

Block AI agents from issuing refunds, charges, or transfers above defined thresholds without human sign-off.

🗄️

Database Modifications

Require approval before agents delete rows, drop tables, or run bulk updates on production databases.

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Production Deployments

Gate CI/CD pipeline deploys so no automated process can push to production without a human in the chain.

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Secret & Key Rotation

Audit and gate all access to secrets management — API key rotations, certificate renewals, credential changes.

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Mass Communication

Prevent agents from sending emails, Slack messages, or SMS blasts to large groups without review.

🏗️

Infrastructure Changes

Gate Terraform applies, cloud resource creation, and network config changes that could affect uptime.

No SDK. Any language. One endpoint.

SilentAuth's agent integration is a plain REST API. If your language can make an HTTP request, it works. No package to install, no version management, no dependency conflicts.

Plain HTTP POST to declare an intent
Poll GET or configure webhooks for resolution
JWT permit token verifiable offline
Works in serverless, containers, and bare metal
Read the integration guide

Works with

Python (requests)LangChainOpenAI AssistantsNode.js / TypeScriptGitHub ActionsGitLab CITerraformAutoGen (coming soon)CrewAI (coming soon)

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about connecting agents to Execution Gates.

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