The latest articles on Forem by CirkuitbreakerSwitch (@cirkuitbreakerswitch). https://forem.com/cirkuitbreakerswitch https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3857482%2Fd53e6f21-5c63-459c-9aec-5c5824c268ed.png https://forem.com/cirkuitbreakerswitch en CirkuitbreakerSwitch Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:18:05 +0000 https://forem.com/cirkuitbreakerswitch/circuitbreaker-the-ai-agents-seatbelt-jd https://forem.com/cirkuitbreakerswitch/circuitbreaker-the-ai-agents-seatbelt-jd <h1> CircuitBreaker: The AI Agent's Safety Belt </h1> <p>The Problem</p> <p>A third of businesses used AI agents. 97% say they don't have the right controls.</p> <ul> <li>Replit's AI erased production databases</li> <li>The tea app leaked private information.</li> <li>Browser agents work at "Level 4-5 autonomy" with no safety nets.</li> </ul> <p>Everyone is making AI agents. No one is making the seatbelt.</p> <p>The Answer</p> <p>CircuitBreaker is a layer that sits between AI agents and their tools and lets them intervene in real time.</p> <p>AI Agent → CircuitBreaker → Running a Tool<br> ↓<br> Risk Evaluation<br> ↓<br> Block / Escalate / Allow</p> <h2> Key Features </h2> <ul> <li>⚡ <strong>Millisecond response</strong> (sub-10ms with Redis cache)</li> <li>🤖 <strong>AI-powered risk analysis</strong> (LLM Judge for novel attacks)</li> <li>🛡️ <strong>5 default guardrails</strong> (production-ready)</li> <li>📊 <strong>Compliance exports</strong> (CSV/JSON for SOC 2)</li> <li>🔧 <strong>Works with any agent</strong> (Cursor, LangChain, OpenAI)</li> </ul> <h2> Quick Start </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> 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? </code></pre> </div> python ai security opensource