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Dev tools · August 12, 2026

AgentShield

AI agent spend firewall

AgentShield launched on August 12, 2026 with 3 votes, #2,940 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

What it does

Stop runaway AI agents. 7 composable spend rules, <1ms eval, pure Python stdlib. 50/50 eval gym.

A paid, fixed-scope sipi.bot implementation pilot: map one agent spending path, write enforceable rules, integrate the pre-spend decision, and validate it before launch.

We map where one production agent can trigger paid API calls, cloud jobs, purchases, or retries. Then we write the policy, wire the pre-spend decision into that path, and validate the behavior before launch. AgentShield has been consolidated into sipi.bot. The old separate plans and funnel are retired. This is the single implementation path. The pilot is implementation work, not another dashboard subscription or a generic security audit. One documented workflow showing every paid tool, provider, retry path, approval point, and failure mode in scope. Per-transaction caps, velocity limits, merchant and category rules, approval thresholds, and a clear default-deny decision where needed. The…from agentshield.fly.dev

Pricing, as stated on its site

Paid — AgentShield (now consolidated into sipi.bot) offers a paid implementation pilot for AI agent spend control. The engagement is fixed-scope with custom pricing determined after application review. No sp

checked October 2026 · prices change

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