A 16-year-old built AegisKernel to block hijacked AI agents before they run
Kshatriyag, a 16-year-old solo builder, is selling deterministic tool checks for LangChain, CrewAI and AutoGen agents.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Hacker News
Why it matters
Agent builders are giving models shell, file and database access while still relying on probabilistic guardrails to catch abuse. AegisKernel tests a stricter idea: explicit capability grants checked before a tool runs.
Adi Kshatriyag is asking a question that gets sharper every time a coding agent receives terminal access: why should a second language model get to vote on whether the first one can run a dangerous command?…
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