SEKED: Building a Semantic Kill Switch for Autonomous Agents

When an autonomous agent decides to drop a production database, traditional IAM and RBAC controls are completely blind. They see an authenticated service account executing a valid SQL query. What they don't see is the intent behind the action.

The Semantic Gap

Infrastructure enforces what can happen, but AI operates on why it should happen. This semantic gap is the root cause of every catastrophic AI failure. If you don't validate the intent before the execution, you are operating without a safety net.

Enter SEKED

SEKED (Semantic Execution and Knowledge Enforcement Daemon) is the first line of defense in the Veklom Nexus Protocol. It acts as a mandatory chokepoint between the agent's brain (LLM) and its hands (tools/APIs).

sequenceDiagram
    participant Agent
    participant SEKED
    participant Infrastructure
    Agent->>SEKED: Submit IntentPlan (JSON)
    SEKED->>SEKED: Compile against OPA Policies
    alt Policy Violated
        SEKED-->>Agent: 403 Forbidden (Quarantine)
    else Policy Approved
        SEKED->>Infrastructure: Authorize Execution
        Infrastructure-->>Agent: 200 OK
    end

1. Intent Extraction: Before any code runs, SEKED forces the agent to generate an explicit IntentPlan.
2. Policy Compilation: This plan is compiled against the organization's OPA (Open Policy Agent) rules and semantic constraints (e.g., 'Do not access PHI data', 'Do not modify financial ledgers').
3. Deterministic Blocking: If the intent violates policy, SEKED triggers a hard block, severing the execution context and quarantining the agent.

SEKED shifts security from reactive monitoring to proactive enforcement. It is not an LLM evaluating another LLM; it is deterministic code compiling natural language intent into verifiable policy checks.