Enclave

On-chain spend control and trust layer for autonomous AI agents

Overview · Quick Start · CLI Reference · Roadmap

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Overview

Enclave is a spend control layer for autonomous AI agents. As AI systems gain access to real capital — paying APIs, spinning up infra, settling onchain — there's no native mechanism to enforce budgets, detect drift, or halt runaway spend.

Enclave solves that. Every agent gets a hard budget cap, a behavioral trust score (KYA — Know Your Agent), and real-time monitoring. Violations trigger automatic pauses, alerts, or full treasury freezes.

Built on the x402 payment protocol — the emerging HTTP-native standard for agent-to-agent payments.

Currently in simulation mode. Real onchain deployment coming Q3 2026.

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Features

	Feature	Description
◆	Budget caps	Hard per-agent limits with configurable alert thresholds
◆	KYA scoring	Behavioral trust score — detects drift before it becomes a problem
◆	x402 signing	Native request signing over the x402 HTTP payment layer
◆	Live CLI	Interactive enc> prompt — pause, topup, freeze, inspect in real time
◆	Anomaly engine	Budget breach, KYA floor violation, and treasury-wide freeze events
◆	Policy engine	Per-agent tx limits, global thresholds, min trust scores

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Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/adrydevel/enclave.git
cd enclave
npm install
npm start

No config required — all values have sensible defaults. Add a .env to override.

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CLI Reference

enc> status                  Treasury overview + active agents
enc> agents                  All agents with spend and KYA
enc> agent <id>              Agent detail + recent transactions
enc> txlog [id]              Last 20 transactions
enc> pause <id>              Pause agent spending
enc> resume <id>             Resume paused agent
enc> topup <id> <usd>        Add budget to agent
enc> limit <id> <usd>        Set max single tx for agent
enc> freeze                  Halt ALL agent spending
enc> unfreeze                Resume all agents
enc> withdraw <usd>          Withdraw from treasury
enc> set threshold <pct>     Low-budget alert threshold
enc> set kya-min <n>         Minimum KYA trust score
enc> help                    Command reference
enc> exit                    Shutdown

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Configuration

Set via .env or environment variables. All optional.

Variable	Default	Description
ENC_AGENT_ID	enc-primary-001	Identity of this instance
ENC_NETWORK	testnet	Target network
ENC_TOTAL_BUDGET	10000	Total treasury budget (USD)
ENC_ALERT_THRESHOLD	0.2	Budget fraction to trigger alert
ENC_KYA_MIN_SCORE	0.6	Minimum acceptable trust score
ENC_MAX_SINGLE_TX	500	Max per-transaction spend (USD)
ENC_TICK_INTERVAL_MS	2000	Simulation tick interval (ms)

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How It Works

Agent Registry → Budget Allocation → x402 Request Signing
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  KYA Scorer ←── Behavior Monitor ←── Transaction Log
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  Anomaly Engine → Alert / Pause / Freeze

1. Agents register with an initial budget and policy set
2. Every transaction is signed, logged, and scored
3. KYA score updates continuously based on spend patterns
4. Violations trigger automated responses — no human in the loop required

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Roadmap

• Core budget engine
• KYA behavioral scoring
• x402 request signing
• Interactive CLI
• Real-time anomaly detection
• TEE key storage (Q2 2026)
• Multi-sig approval flows (Q2 2026)
• Session keys with TTL (Q3 2026)
• Onchain deployment (Q3 2026)
• Insurance payout module (Q4 2026)

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License

MIT © 2026 Enclave