CircuitBreaker: The AI Agent's Safety Belt
The Problem
A third of businesses used AI agents. 97% say they don't have the right controls.
Everyone is making AI agents. No one is making the seatbelt.
The Answer
CircuitBreaker is a layer that sits between AI agents and their tools and lets them intervene in real time.
AI Agent → CircuitBreaker → Running a Tool
↓
Risk Evaluation
↓
Block / Escalate / Allow
Key Features
Quick Start
bash
pip install circuitbreaker
from circuitbreaker import CircuitBreaker, ExecutionContext
cb = CircuitBreaker()
result = cb.evaluate(
tool="file.delete",
params={"path": "/important/data.txt"},
context=ExecutionContext(environment="production")
)
if not result. allowed:
print(f"🚫 Blocked: {result.reason}")
GitHub
github.com/CirkuitbreakerSwitch/Circuitbreaker
Open source. MIT license.
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The Problem
A third of businesses used AI agents. 97% say they don't have the right controls.
- Replit's AI erased production databases
- The tea app leaked private information.
- Browser agents work at "Level 4-5 autonomy" with no safety nets.
Everyone is making AI agents. No one is making the seatbelt.
The Answer
CircuitBreaker is a layer that sits between AI agents and their tools and lets them intervene in real time.
AI Agent → CircuitBreaker → Running a Tool
↓
Risk Evaluation
↓
Block / Escalate / Allow
Key Features
- ⚡ Millisecond response (sub-10ms with Redis cache)
- 🤖 AI-powered risk analysis (LLM Judge for novel attacks)
- 🛡️ 5 default guardrails (production-ready)
- 📊 Compliance exports (CSV/JSON for SOC 2)
- 🔧 Works with any agent (Cursor, LangChain, OpenAI)
Quick Start
bash
pip install circuitbreaker
from circuitbreaker import CircuitBreaker, ExecutionContext
cb = CircuitBreaker()
result = cb.evaluate(
tool="file.delete",
params={"path": "/important/data.txt"},
context=ExecutionContext(environment="production")
)
if not result. allowed:
print(f"🚫 Blocked: {result.reason}")
GitHub
github.com/CirkuitbreakerSwitch/Circuitbreaker
Open source. MIT license.
What AI agent disasters have you seen?
More...