About Nodrail

Nodrail is an independent project developing a headless permissions and human approvals layer for AI agents. It is being built for developers and small teams that want to control tool calls while keeping their existing runtime and credentials.

The problem we are working on

An agent can use one tool for several operations: reading a ticket, changing a record or publishing a release. A team needs a practical way to decide which actions are allowed, which need review and how those decisions can be inspected later.

Our starting point is permissions at the tool boundary. We want a new request to have a clear scope, an explicit decision and a useful record. Read the guide to managing agent permissions for the underlying model.

What headless means for Nodrail

Your team runs the agent and its tools. The planned hooks and SDKs connect permission checks to that environment. Nodrail is being designed around scoped rules, human approvals and decision history.

A one-time approval applies to the action reviewed. A standing permission is a separate rule with explicit conditions. The human approval guide explains how that distinction fits into a workflow.

Clear boundaries from the start

A hook or SDK can control calls that pass through an enforced integration point. It does not, by itself, prevent a runtime from using another route or direct credentials. We intend to document coverage and failure behavior for each supported integration.

An authorization decision also does not prove that an operation ran or succeeded. Permission records and execution outcomes need separate meaning.

Where the project stands

Nodrail is in development. The current website and animation explain the intended workflow. They do not demonstrate a generally available service or a verified integration.

We plan to publish the integration hooks and SDKs as open source, with repository and licensing details announced alongside the first usable integration. Supported runtimes and installation instructions will be published when tested.

Explore the practical guides or join the Nodrail waitlist when registration is open.

Contact

Write to the Nodrail team at hello@nodrail.com.