What is OpenLatch
Read this page to understand what OpenLatch does before you install it.
OpenLatch is the execution control layer for enterprise AI agents. It lets you give agents more autonomy without losing control: you define the field each agent plays on, and every covered action the agent takes is decided before it executes.
The problem
Section titled “The problem”AI agents do more than answer. They run commands, change files, call tools and spend money, often with broad permissions on the machine they run on. Instructions in a prompt shape what an agent intends, but they cannot guarantee what it does: a long context, a confused plan or an injected instruction can still lead to an action nobody wanted.
The approach
Section titled “The approach”| Principle | What it means |
|---|---|
| Inside the agent, not a proxy in front of it | The client plugs into the agent’s own native hooks, so it sees each action while there is still time to change the outcome |
| Decided before impact | Every covered action reaches the policy decision point before it runs, and the verdict is enforced. A verdict is deterministic because an explicit policy produced it |
| Local-authoritative | The client decides on the machine, from a resident policy bundle. It keeps deciding with the network unplugged, and the agent never waits on the network for a verdict |
| Your intent, in your words | You write policy as a sentence. OpenLatch turns it into an Agent Intent Policy and shows you concrete test cases before you ratify it |
| Evidence after the fact | The client sends the record of each action and its verdict to the platform after the decision, for audit and review |
The threat model is a misbehaving agent, not a malicious operator: OpenLatch controls what a sanctioned agent does through its own hooks. It is not an unbypassable sandbox.
The pieces
Section titled “The pieces”| Piece | Where it runs | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| The client | Next to each agent, on a developer machine or wherever the agent executes | Wires the agent’s hooks, holds the policy bundle, decides each covered action and records it |
| The platform | app.openlatch.ai | Holds the agent record, the Autonomy Zones and their intent policies, compiles and distributes policy bundles, and stores the evidence |
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”- Install the client.
- Read How OpenLatch works for the path of one action, end to end.
- See which agents are wired, plane by plane, in Control levels.