From 3a8b58e60810198a6963d07566ec7e5756996854 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Crowe Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:50:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] README: fix stale/incorrect claims MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit - test count was 135/17 files; suite is 185/17 (npm test, 2026-07-12) - 'five core packages' → six (matches the module table) - cost claim made honest: the MIT core enforces budgets and logs usage; the priced cost X-ray is the hosted console built on that telemetry (the README's own footer already said so — the top now agrees) - install section + related repos gain hermes-acp (pip path, new repo) --- README.md | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e2294db..d4b42b4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ agenticcontrolplane.com · the data · one-command install

-GatewayStack is the MIT-licensed open core of [Agentic Control Plane](https://agenticcontrolplane.com). It runs in your infrastructure, in the agent's runtime call path, and makes every tool and model call identified, policy-checked, priced, and logged — whatever framework the agent runs on. +GatewayStack is the MIT-licensed open core of [Agentic Control Plane](https://agenticcontrolplane.com). It runs in your infrastructure, in the agent's runtime call path, and makes every tool and model call identified, policy-checked, and logged — whatever framework the agent runs on. + +> **Which one do I want?** +> **GatewayStack (this repo)** is the runtime: MIT-licensed npm modules — identity, policy, limits, PII redaction, audit — you compose into your own gateway and run yourself. No account, no phone-home. +> **Agentic Control Plane** is the hosted product built on it: the console, the priced cost X-ray, team policy UI, approvals — [free for individuals](https://cloud.agenticcontrolplane.com). Most people start there and reach for this repo when they want the enforcement layer in their own infra. ## Install @@ -34,6 +38,12 @@ curl -sf https://agenticcontrolplane.com/install.sh | bash First controlled call in about thirty seconds. The script documents [what it does and won't do](https://github.com/agentic-control-plane/acp-install). +Hermes Agent uses a native Python plugin instead ([why](https://agenticcontrolplane.com/integrations/hermes)): + +```bash +pip install hermes-acp && hermes plugins enable acp +``` + Your own framework code — drop in a package: ```bash @@ -62,7 +72,7 @@ Every request now requires a valid RS256 JWT. `req.user` is the verified identit ## What you get -- **Cost X-ray.** Every call priced. Runs split into the orchestration loop vs the leaf sub-tasks, so you can see which step is the bill and move the cheap, bounded work to a cheaper model. +- **Cost control.** Budget caps and rate limits enforced per call (`limitabl`), with every call's usage logged and attributable. The priced cost X-ray — runs split into the orchestration loop vs leaf sub-tasks, per-model spend — is the [hosted console](https://agenticcontrolplane.com/cost-tracking) built on this telemetry. - **Tool-surface control.** Allow / ask / redact / deny, per operation, scoped by agent, role, or user. Deny-by-default on the destructive stuff. Enforced at the call, outside the model — a prompt-injected agent can't talk its way past it. - **Audit.** Every tool and model call logged: who triggered it, which agent, what it returned, what it cost, how long it took. Attributable and exportable. @@ -173,7 +183,7 @@ AI apps have three actors — user, LLM, backend — and no shared identity laye npm test ``` -135 tests across 17 test files covering all five core packages. +185 tests across 17 test files covering all six core packages. ## Prerequisites @@ -197,6 +207,7 @@ npm test - [acp-install](https://github.com/agentic-control-plane/acp-install) — the one-command installer for coding agents and MCP clients - [acp-governance-sdks](https://github.com/agentic-control-plane/acp-governance-sdks) — TypeScript + Python SDKs for scoped subagents and delegation chains - [delegation-chain-spec](https://github.com/agentic-control-plane/delegation-chain-spec) — ADCS, the open spec for agent-to-agent delegation +- [hermes-acp-plugin](https://github.com/agentic-control-plane/hermes-acp-plugin) — the pip-installed governance plugin for Nous Research's Hermes Agent - [agentgovbench](https://github.com/agentic-control-plane/agentgovbench) — 48-scenario benchmark across agent runtimes ## Contributing