Identity before action
Every execution begins with a named actor, workload and authority source.
Execution control / secure agent infrastructure
Agents should act.
Boundaries should decide.
Apollo Agent is being designed as a runtime where autonomous work can move quickly without outrunning identity, permissions, isolation or evidence.
01
Resolve identity
Bind every task to an explicit actor and execution context.
clear
02
Evaluate policy
Translate declared intent into a narrow, reviewable permission set.
clear
03
Isolate execution
Run tools and workloads inside a purpose-built boundary.
clear
04
Return evidence
Preserve decisions, actions and outcomes as one audit path.
sealed
actor_07policy / allowruntime / isolatedtrace_90a
Autonomy is not the absence of control.
It is the ability to move inside a clear contract.
A / Operating model
One task.
Four explicit boundaries.
A control path for turning agent intent into constrained, observable execution, with authorization and evidence carried through the full task lifecycle.
- 01
Resolve identity
Bind every task to an explicit actor and execution context.
runtime primitive - 02
Evaluate policy
Translate declared intent into a narrow, reviewable permission set.
runtime primitive - 03
Isolate execution
Run tools and workloads inside a purpose-built boundary.
runtime primitive - 04
Return evidence
Preserve decisions, actions and outcomes as one audit path.
runtime primitive
B / Permission protocol
The permission should be smaller than the task.
Each request is intended to receive only the identity, resource boundary, time window and action scope it needs - no ambient authority by default.
policy / illustrativescoped allow
- actor
- research-agent / run 07
- resource
- source-repository / read
- boundary
- isolated-task / no egress
- duration
- 06 minutes / one use
- evidence
- decision + action trace
C / System principles
Build the boundary into the runtime.
Isolation by construction
The runtime treats containment as a primitive, not an afterthought.
Evidence as output
A successful task should return both a result and an intelligible execution record.
D / Operating principle
Move fast.
Keep the evidence.
Apollo Agent is focused on a simple standard for autonomous execution: every action should have a named identity, a narrow permission, an isolated runtime and a durable trace.