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Re:Show HN: Reg.run - Decoupling AI "thinking" from API execution on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @08:14AM (#46885446)
Great question. We haven’t published formal benchmarks yet, but in our demos we’re already blocking invalid or policy-violating calls before they hit downstream APIs (LLMs, payments, tools), which is where most marginal cost sits.

Measuring and exposing those savings explicitly (per action / per policy) is on the near-term roadmap.

Show HN: Reg.run - Decoupling AI "thinking" from API execution

I got tired of "Security Prompts" being the only thing stopping AI agents from blowing up production.Hi HN,I’ve spent the last few months looking at how we deploy autonomous agents. The current standard is basically: "Put it in a system prompt and hope the LLM doesn't hallucinate a $50k refund."As someone who has managed organizational authority for a decade (People Ops), this felt like a...

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Re:Show HN: Reg.Run – Authorization layer for AI agents on Saturday January 31, 2026 @01:55PM (#46839551)
Thanks for the thoughtful questions! You've identified exactly the right challenges I am also facing, solution wise.

> Where exactly does this sit?

Between agent reasoning and tool execution. The agent/framework calls Reg.Run before executing any tool/action. The Pattern would be:

1. Agent decides: "I should refund $250" 2. Calls Authorization Protocol/authorize with action details 3. Reg.Run evaluates policy → approved/denied/requires_approval 4. If approved, agent proceeds. If denied, agent knows immediately.

Integration points: LangChain/LangGraph tools, MCP servers, custom agent frameworks. We provide middleware that wraps tool calls.

> Adoption challenge (more setup, more config)

Valid concern tbh - I think this was the most difficult part of thinking about Reg.. Specially because I didn't know where to start. After speaking with Engineers and friends I came to this:

- Start with sane defaults (deny-all, then allowlist incrementally) - Pre-built policies for common patterns (refunds, data access, transfers) - Dashboard UI for ops teams (no code/policy language needed) - Gradual rollout: monitor-only mode first, then enforce

I would like to do adoption easier, with a good UX, not just spec.

> Who defines what's "allowed"?

Great question, Trying to llearn this with design partners right now.

My current thoughts/ approach: Three-tier system - Simple rules (amount thresholds, time windows) → YAML config - Business context (customer LTV, fraud flags) → external data lookups - Complex logic → delegate to approval workflow

You're right that AWS IAM got unwieldy. We're trying to avoid that by: 1. Keeping policies human-readable (ops teams, not just engineers) 2. Starting simple, adding complexity only when needed 3. Approval workflows as escape hatch (when policy can't decide)

The abstraction I'm testing: "auto-approve simple cases, require human judgment for edge cases, deny obviously bad things." Keeping it fairly simple and evolve from there.

Thank you so much for reading, giving feedback - and most importantly - making my think!

Show HN: Reg.Run – Authorization layer for AI agents

Hi HN, I'm Sara, and I need to be upfront: I'm not a developer. I come from governance and HR with 10y of seeing systems go rogue when authority is unclear, resulting in absolute chaos. Please don't be an asshole and undermine a non-technical woman trying to build something difficult - I know that it is. The Problem, in my POV: Today I woke up to Moltbook and AI agents are pulling instructions...

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