SECURITY / AGENT SYSTEMS / TOOLING

Hrishi Kumawat

Fieldnotes on safer agent systems, practical tools, and engineering tradeoffs.

FieldnotesArchitecture, decision gates, validated diagrams, and agent workflows.

Fieldnotes

Systems, tools, and decisions

Agentic security

Running Google Mantis on My Own Site

Hands-on with Google's open-source vulnerability discovery harness — findings, false positives, cost, SDLC placement.

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Agent architecture

Hermes: An Isolated Agent

Isolation patterns for tool-using agents.

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Agent safety

Jev: Typed Decision Gates for Agent Safety

Typed decisions, human review, and calibration.

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Workflows

Idea Board: A Governed Funnel

Capture, triage, and evidence before commitment.

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Agent tooling

Archify: Diagrams That Refuse to Lie

Typed specifications and validated interactive diagrams.

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Agent orchestration

Paperclip: Orchestration Without Agent Theatre

Tasks, review, and traceable artifacts across agents.

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Operations

Hermes Operations: Delegation, Voice, Cron, and Cost Discipline

Approval gates, scheduled work, and model budgets.

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