Kriya adds signed, on-device approval gates to local coding agents
No_Refuse4417 · reddit · 2026-07-23
The author built Kriya, an on-device approval and auditing layer for local AI coding agents.
- It sits between the agent and its tools, including any MCP server and even desktop apps without an API.
- Every tool call flows through policy → approval if needed → budget checks → a signed audit line that can be verified offline.
- Routine actions are allowed automatically, while anything that moves money or deletes things pauses for an Approve/Deny decision in the UI.
- The system is 100% on-device, with a MIT-licensed core, published on npm and crates.io.
- It is macOS-only for now, with Windows and Linux planned.
- The author is looking for feedback on what else it should catch before expanding further.
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