01
Permission Before Execution
Agents may run any action, but only with explicit, verifiable authorization.
Developer Security Infrastructure
Automic Vault
Run anything. Leak nothing.
Permissioned execution and sealed environments for autonomous systems.
Tenets
The Laws
02
Immutable Toolchain
Agents cannot modify themselves, their runtime, or the tools they depend on.
03
Zero Secret Visibility
Secrets are never exposed, locally or in production.
Platform
Products
KeySteward
Secure credential injection at runtime. No plaintext secrets. No prompts.
Learn more →VestAuth
Agent identity and authorization layer. Define what can run and when.
Learn more →Substrate
Hardened execution environment. Tools installed and run beyond agent control.
Learn more →Creators
Built by people who’ve shaped how developers handle environments.
Scott Motte
Creator of dotenv. Defined how apps get access to secrets.
Max Howell
Creator of Homebrew. Built foundational tools developers actually use.
Flow
How It Fits Together
User
Agent
permission gate
Automic Vault
sealed execution
System
no secret exposure