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Kill Switch

A way to stop the AI system in under a minute, tested before it is needed.

A human-free studio of context trays, evidence shelves, instruments, a closed gate and service cabinets.

⏸ Control boundary · Instruments represent software components

Read the concept diagram

See it drawn: Follow one request through a governed AI system Gate 08, operations

In one line

A way to stop the AI system in under a minute, tested before it is needed.

Picture it

The red button on the factory line. Not a rollback. A stop.

Under the hood

A flag read before every action, circuit breakers per tool, and a documented procedure the owner has rehearsed. If stopping the system requires a deployment, you do not have a kill switch.

Builds on

Guardrails and Hooks

Leads to

none

On a guided path

Path 5: Running it safely, stop 10 of 11.

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