#Risk Controls — Kunal Ganglani

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How to Add Kill Switches and Spend Limits to AI Agents

A software-only watchdog pattern for AI agents: a single enforcement point for kill switches, per-tool budgets, approval gates, and tamper-evident audit logs.

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