Agency Check

What Agency Check does

Agency Check is designed to give an AI agent a second look before it performs an action outside the conversation. Its scope covers actions that may commit money, communicate with other people, create accounts, disclose information, or connect services.

The service is relevant when an agent is about to buy something, send a message, book an appointment or reservation, share information, sign up for a service, or connect an app. These actions have different consequences, but they share the need for a review step before execution.

Rather than treating every proposed action as ready to run, an agent can use Agency Check as a point of inspection. The developer can place that check between the agent's decision and the external action, giving the workflow a defined moment for a second look.

How it works

The basic flow is action-first review: an AI agent reaches a consequential step, passes that proposed action through Agency Check, and checks the result before proceeding. The service is therefore suited to workflows where an agent can pause before buying, sending, booking, sharing, signing up, or connecting an app.

This makes the server most useful as a guard point in an agent workflow rather than as a general-purpose destination for routine conversation. Its role is tied to actions with an external effect, especially those involving money, communication, personal information, new accounts, or service access.

A developer evaluating the server should map the agent's action path and identify where the second check belongs. The relevant boundary is immediately before the agent carries out the proposed action.

Limitations and notes

Agency Check's stated scope is the review of selected agent actions before they occur. The covered categories are purchases, messages, bookings, information sharing, sign-ups, and app connections. Use cases outside those categories should be evaluated against the intended pre-action checking role.

The server is best considered when an agent can affect an external system or another person. It adds the most value at decision points where a mistaken or premature action could commit the user, disclose information, create an account, or authorize a connection.

The name and purpose describe a second look, not a replacement for the agent's broader workflow. Developers should decide which actions require this check and place it before the corresponding external operation.