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@namrataghadi-galileo namrataghadi-galileo commented Feb 22, 2026

Add "Steer" Action Type for Corrective Guidance
Introduces steer as a 5th action type (alongside allow, deny, warn, log) to enable corrective guidance without hard-blocking execution.

What is Steer?
A middle ground between hard blocks (deny) and passive logging (warn/log). When a control with action="steer" matches:

Raises ControlSteerError (instead of ControlViolationError)
Includes guidance field with correction instructions
Allows applications to modify their approach and retry
Priority: deny > steer > warn/log

Changes
Models (agent-control-models)

Added "steer" to ControlAction.decision literal type
Added optional guidance: str | None field to ControlAction
Added steer_count: int to ControlStats for observability

SDK (agent-control-sdk)

New ControlSteerError exception with guidance, control_id, control_name, metadata
Updated @control() decorator to handle steer actions
Guidance fallback chain: control.action.guidance → metadata.guidance → evaluator message

Engine (agent-control-engine)
Treat steer same as deny for safety semantics (is_safe=False, early cancellation, fail-closed)

Server
Added steer_count to SQL aggregation queries in observability store
Fixed action_counts initialization to include "steer": 0

UI

Added "Steer" option to action dropdown
Conditional "Guidance" text field (optional, shown only when steer selected)
Regenerated TypeScript types from OpenAPI schema

Documentation

Updated OVERVIEW.md, REFERENCE.md, SDK README.md, CONCEPTS.md with steer semantics
Added ControlSteerError usage examples

Tests

Updated test fixtures to include steer_count
Added "steer" to action validation tests
All 354 server tests passing ✅

Example Usage

from agent_control import control, ControlSteerError

@control()
async def process_input(user_text: str):
return user_text

try:
result = await process_input("bad language here")
except ControlSteerError as e:
print(f"Guidance: {e.guidance}")
# Apply corrections and retry
corrected = apply_guidance(user_text, e.guidance)
result = await process_input(corrected)

Breaking Changes: None - fully backward compatible

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For UI, we need to make changes for observability (Monitor page) too.

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UI looks good to me 🚢

@namrataghadi-galileo namrataghadi-galileo merged commit bf2380a into main Mar 1, 2026
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## 1.0.0 (2026-03-04)

### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

* **server:** Feature/56688 fix image bug (#48)
* **sdk:** a bug in docker file (#46)
* **server:** Feature/56688 fix docker and create bash (#45)
* **evaluators:** Evaluator reorganization with new package structure

Package Structure:
- agent-control-evaluators (v3.0.0): core + regex, list, json, sql
- agent-control-evaluator-galileo (v3.0.0): Luna2 evaluator

Key Changes:
- Entry points for evaluator discovery (agent_control.evaluators)
- Dot notation for external evaluators (galileo.luna2 not galileo/luna2)
- Dynamic __version__ via importlib.metadata
- Server uses evaluators as runtime dep (no longer vendored)
- Release workflow publishes both packages to PyPI

Bug Fixes:
- JSON evaluator: field_constraints/field_patterns in extra-fields allow-list
- SQL evaluator: LIMIT/OFFSET bypass fix

Migration:
- Import: agent_control_evaluator_galileo.luna2 (not agent_control_evaluators.galileo_luna2)
- DB: UPDATE controls SET evaluator.name replace('/', '.')
* **server:** add time-series stats and split API endpoints (#6)
* **evaluators:** rename plugin to evaluator throughout  (#81)
* **models:** simplify step model and schema (#70)

### Features

* Add plugin auto-discovery via Python entry points ([#49](#49)) ([1521182](1521182))
* **docs:** add GitHub badges and CI coverage reporting ([#90](#90)) ([be1fa14](be1fa14))
* **evaluators:** add required_column_values for multi-tenant SQL validation ([#30](#30)) ([532386c](532386c))
* **sdk-ts:** automate semantic-release for npm publishing ([#52](#52)) ([2b43958](2b43958))
* **sdk:** Add PyPI packaging with semantic release ([#52](#52)) ([7c24f7f](7c24f7f))
* **sdk:** Auto-populate init() steps from [@control](https://github.com/control)() decorators ([#23](#23)) ([dc0f2a4](dc0f2a4))
* **sdk:** export ControlScope, ControlMatch, and EvaluatorResult models ([#18](#18)) ([0d49cad](0d49cad))
* **sdk:** Get Agent Controls from SDK Init ([#15](#15)) ([a485f93](a485f93))
* **sdk:** Refresh controls in a background loop ([#43](#43)) ([03f826d](03f826d))
* **sdk:** ship TypeScript SDK with deterministic method naming ([#32](#32)) ([a76e9b0](a76e9b0))
* **server:** add evaluator config store ([#78](#78)) ([cc14aa6](cc14aa6))
* **server:** add initAgent conflict_mode overwrite mode with SDK defaults ([#40](#40)) ([f3ed2b8](f3ed2b8))
* **server:** Add observability system for control execution tracking ([#44](#44)) ([fd0bddc](fd0bddc))
* **server:** add prometheus metrics for endpoints ([#68](#68)) ([775612c](775612c))
* **server:** add time-series stats and split API endpoints ([#6](#6)) ([a0fa597](a0fa597))
* **server:** hard-cut migrate to remove agent UUID ([#44](#44)) ([ee322c9](ee322c9))
* **server:** Optional Policy and many to many relationships ([#41](#41)) ([1a62746](1a62746))
* **ui:** add sql, luna2, json control forms and restructure the code ([#54](#54)) ([c4c1d4a](c4c1d4a))
* **ui:** allow to delete control ([#39](#39)) ([7dc4ca3](7dc4ca3))
* **ui:** Control Store Flow Updated ([#4](#4)) ([dda9f70](dda9f70))
* **ui:** stats dashboard ([#80](#80)) ([4cbb7fe](4cbb7fe))
* **ui:** Steps dropdown rendered based on api return values ([#36](#36)) ([a2aca43](a2aca43))
* **ui:** tests added and some minor ui changes, added error boundaries ([#61](#61)) ([009852b](009852b))
* **ui:** update agent control icon and favicon ([#42](#42)) ([19af8fa](19af8fa))

### Bug Fixes

* **ci:** Add ui scope to PR title validation ([#59](#59)) ([e0fdb52](e0fdb52))
* **ci:** correct galileo contrib path in release build script ([#51](#51)) ([2de6013](2de6013))
* **ci:** Enable pr title on prs ([#56](#56)) ([3d8b5fe](3d8b5fe))
* **ci:** Fix release ([#11](#11)) ([9dd3dd7](9dd3dd7))
* **ci:** Use galileo-automation bot for releases ([#57](#57)) ([bc8eea0](bc8eea0))
* **docs:** Add Example for Evaluator Extension ([#3](#3)) ([c2a70b3](c2a70b3))
* **docs:** add setup script ([#49](#49)) ([7a212c3](7a212c3))
* **docs:** Clean up Protect  ([#76](#76)) ([99c16fd](99c16fd))
* **docs:** Fix Examples for LangGraph ([#64](#64)) ([23b30ae](23b30ae))
* **docs:** Improve documentation for open source release ([#47](#47)) ([9018fb3](9018fb3))
* **docs:** Remove old/unused examples ([#66](#66)) ([f417781](f417781))
* **docs:** Update Contributing Guide ([#8](#8)) ([10b34c8](10b34c8))
* **docs:** Update readme  ([#37](#37)) ([7531d83](7531d83))
* **docs:** Update README ([#2](#2)) ([379bb15](379bb15))
* **examples:** Control sets cleanup with signed ([#65](#65)) ([af7b5fb](af7b5fb))
* **examples:** Update crew ai example to use evaluator ([#93](#93)) ([1c65084](1c65084))
* **infra:** Add plugins directory to Dockerfile ([#58](#58)) ([171d459](171d459))
* **infra:** install engine/evaluators in server image ([#14](#14)) ([d5ae157](d5ae157))
* **models:** use StrEnum for error enums ([#12](#12)) ([3f41c9f](3f41c9f))
* **sdk-ts:** add conventional commits preset dependency ([#55](#55)) ([540fe9d](540fe9d))
* **sdk-ts:** export npm token for semantic-release npm auth ([#54](#54)) ([1b6b993](1b6b993))
* **sdk:** 54253 add steer action and example ([#38](#38)) ([bf2380a](bf2380a))
* **sdk:** a bug in docker file ([#46](#46)) ([12d1794](12d1794))
* **sdk:** Add step_name as parameter to control ([#25](#25)) ([19ade9d](19ade9d))
* **sdk:** emit observability events for SDK-evaluated controls and fix non_matches propagation ([#24](#24)) ([6a9da69](6a9da69))
* **sdk:** enforce UUID agent IDs ([#9](#9)) ([5ccdbd0](5ccdbd0))
* **sdk:** Fix logging  ([#77](#77)) ([b1f078c](b1f078c))
* **sdk:** plugin to evaluator.. agent_protect to agent_control ([#88](#88)) ([fc9b088](fc9b088))
* **server:** enforce public-safe API error responses ([#20](#20)) ([e50d817](e50d817))
* **server:** Feature/56688 fix docker and create bash ([#45](#45)) ([7277e27](7277e27))
* **server:** Feature/56688 fix image bug ([#48](#48)) ([71e6b44](71e6b44))
* **server:** fix alembic migrations ([#47](#47)) ([c19c17c](c19c17c))
* **server:** reject initAgent UUID/name mismatch ([#13](#13)) ([19d61ff](19d61ff))
* tighten evaluation error handling and preserve control data ([52a1ef8](52a1ef8))
* **ui:** Fix UI and clients for simplified step schema ([#75](#75)) ([be2aaf0](be2aaf0))
* **ui:** json validation ([#10](#10)) ([a0cd5af](a0cd5af))
* **ui:** selector subpaths issue ([#34](#34)) ([79cb776](79cb776))
* **ui:** UI feedback fixes ([#27](#27)) ([6004761](6004761))

### Code Refactoring

* **evaluators:** rename plugin to evaluator throughout  ([#81](#81)) ([0134682](0134682))
* **evaluators:** split into builtin + extra packages for PyPI ([#5](#5)) ([0e0a78a](0e0a78a))
* **models:** simplify step model and schema ([#70](#70)) ([4c1d637](4c1d637))
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