From intent to outcome, governed
ΔOS sits between agent intent and system action, rendering policy-driven judgments in milliseconds with full auditability.
The governance loop
Every agent action follows the same pattern: an intent is declared, a judgment is rendered, the action executes, the outcome is recorded, and value is quantified. ΔOS makes this loop explicit, auditable, and policy-driven.
Value quantification
ΔOS does not merely observe activity. It quantifies prevented outcomes using conservative, evidence-linked value bands. Every blocked risk, prevented incident, and hour of manual review avoided is captured with defensible methodology and full audit trails.
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Intent Registry
A structured representation of what agents want to do. Intents capture the action type, target system, parameters, and context—everything needed to render a judgment.
- Typed intent schemas
- Rich metadata support
- Domain-specific extensions
Policy Engine
Policies express your governance rules in a declarative format. They define conditions, risk thresholds, approval requirements, and escalation paths.
- Version-controlled policies
- Composable rule sets
- Environment-aware evaluation
Judgment Renderer
The decision-making core. For each intent, the renderer evaluates applicable policies and produces a judgment: allow, allow with conditions, escalate, or block.
- Sub-50ms latency
- Deterministic evaluation
- Full explanation chain
Audit Log
Every judgment is recorded with full context. The audit log captures what was requested, what policies applied, what decision was rendered, and what the outcome was.
- Immutable records
- Rich querying
- Compliance-ready exports
Value Ledger
Quantify the business impact of governance decisions using conservative, evidence-linked value bands. See value accrued and value conservatively avoided—with ranges, confidence levels, and full audit trails.
- Value bands with ranges
- Confidence levels (Low/Medium/High)
- CFO-ready exports
Integration model
ΔOS integrates via a lightweight SDK that wraps agent actions. The SDK handles intent submission, judgment retrieval, and outcome reporting with minimal code changes.
// Before: Direct action
await database.write(data);
// After: Governed action
const judgment = await deltaos.evaluate({
action: "database.write",
target: "production.users",
parameters: { data },
context: { agent: "data-sync", environment: "prod" }
});
if (judgment.allowed) {
const result = await database.write(data);
await deltaos.recordOutcome(judgment.id, { success: true, result });
}TypeScriptPythonGoREST APIIntegration modes
ΔOS integrations operate in three explicit modes with defined authority boundaries.
Evidence-Only (Read-Only)
Observes activity. No execution rights. Zero blast radius.
ΔOS sees what happens but cannot act.
Governed Interaction
Approvals, ticketing, notifications. Human-in-the-loop.
ΔOS facilitates workflow but humans decide.
Governed Execution
Actions permitted only through ΔOS authority. Idempotent. Reversible. Audited.
ΔOS authorizes action. Every execution is auditable and reversible.
Your first 30 days
A structured path from observation to earned autonomy.
Observe
- •Read-only integrations
- •Evidence ingestion
- •No execution
Baseline visibility into agent activity.
Govern
- •Approvals activated
- •Policy blocks enforced
- •Human overrides enabled
Active governance without execution risk.
Earn Trust
- •Trust tier progression
- •Limited execution enabled
- •Value bands appear
Quantified value with earned autonomy.
Trust tiers
Not all actions carry the same risk. ΔOS evaluates actions across trust tiers, with different governance requirements at each level.
Read-only
Observational actions with no side effects
e.g., Query database, read file, fetch API
Reversible
Actions that can be undone without data loss
e.g., Create draft, update config, stage changes
Consequential
Actions with significant but bounded impact
e.g., Deploy to staging, modify records, send notifications
Critical
High-impact actions requiring elevated review
e.g., Production deploy, data deletion, access grants
Technical FAQ
Judgment rendering typically completes in under 50ms (P95). For most agent workflows, this is negligible compared to the actions themselves.
Yes. Policies can incorporate context from external systems—user roles, system state, time of day, risk scores from other tools. This enables sophisticated, context-aware governance.
Policies are evaluated in precedence order. More specific policies override more general ones. Conflicts are logged and can trigger alerts for policy review.
The SDK can be configured to enforce judgments at the action layer. Additionally, outcome reporting detects mismatches between judgments and actual behavior, flagging compliance issues.
See ΔOS in action
Evaluate governance in a read-only environment with simulated data. No execution. No credit card.