Approve,block,andproveeveryAIaction.

The control layer between AI agents and the real world. Every action checked. Every proof signed.

For AI engineering teams · Security teams · Compliance officers

Free forever · Open Source
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HOW WE GOT HERE

Built from a real problem

We didn't start with a thesis about AI governance. We started with a trading system that needed one.

We built an autonomous trading system

TITAN is an 8-service algorithmic trading system with a Rust execution engine and AI-powered strategy optimization. It trades real money, autonomously.

Then we hit a hard problem

Nobody could prove what the AI agents actually did. Every tool call was a black box. One bad trade and there was no audit trail, no receipt, no proof.

So we built the control layer

HELM sits between agents and the tools they call. Every action is checked against rules, blocked if unsafe, and recorded with a signed receipt. The engine is open source.

success: OPEN SOURCEHELM OSS v0.1.1
npx @mindburn/helm
Verifies the latest HELM OSS release offline. Prints SHA-256 + receipt.
accent: CONFORMANCE0 checks
L1Structured
24/24
L2Receipted + Chained
17/18
L3Verified
10/12
conformance coverage

Three steps to controlled AI agents

01

Point your agent at HELM

Change one URL. Your agent's tool calls now route through the HELM proxy.

02

HELM checks every action

Each call is matched against your rules. Unsafe actions are blocked in real time.

03

Get a signed receipt

Every decision — allow or deny — is recorded with a cryptographic receipt you can verify offline.

HELM vs traditional guardrails

Other tools observe and filter. HELM enforces — sitting in the execution path, blocking before actions happen.

Capability
HELM
Others
Enforcement model
Fail-closed: blocks before execution
Observability: alerts after the fact
Proof system
Cryptographic receipt chain, offline-verifiable
Logs, dashboards, screenshots
Open source
Full engine under Apache 2.0
Proprietary or thin open core
Performance
Sub-millisecond overhead
10–500ms LLM-in-the-loop
Standard
Published specification (UCS v1.2)
No formal specification

Built for the highest-stakes AI

Financial AI

Govern autonomous trading, payment processing, and financial operations with signed receipts for every transaction.

Healthcare AI

Enforce HIPAA-grade controls on clinical decision support, ensuring every AI recommendation is checked and proven.

DevOps Agents

Control autonomous deployment pipelines, infrastructure changes, and incident response with fail-closed safety gates.

Your first controlled AI agent — in 5 minutes

Change one URL. Every AI action is now checked against your rules and gets a signed receipt. No lock-in.