Airlock

What makes it different

AI coding agents now work around the clock — but at larger companies, the question is no longer whether agents can write code, it is how far they should be allowed to go. Airlock, built by Matt, is an open standard for managing autonomous fleets of engineering agents, starting with policy-as-code.

The idea is simple: your team writes the policies that bound what agents can do, and in the morning you can see what got done and what it cost. Airlock is aimed at the pain points of managing AI use at larger businesses, where fleets of agents need guardrails, not just prompts.

Airlock launched on Hacker News as an early, feedback-seeking project — Matt is asking builders what their major pain points are with managing AI use, and shaping the direction of the standard around those answers.