Who is acting?
Confirm the actor and the principal on whose behalf they are acting.
Independent runtime authority
Before AI acts, know it’s authorised.
AI agents can turn approved decisions into real-world consequences.
But approval is not enough. Authority can expire, be revoked or stop matching the action about to occur.
FlowSignal independently determines whether authority still holds for the exact action about to be executed.
B4 ACT
Four checks before an AI action becomes a consequence.
FlowSignal checks WHO is acting, WHAT they are authorised to do, whether that authority still holds NOW, and whether the proposed execution is a MATCH.
What is authorised?
Establish the action, target and limits covered by the delegated authority.
Does it still hold?
Check current evidence for expiry, revocation or changed circumstances.
Does execution match?
Bind the determination to the exact action that is about to be executed.
ALLOW · ESCALATE · REFUSE
Each determination creates an Authority Receipt recording what was checked, the evidence relied upon, the outcome reached and the execution it was bound to.
The gap
Approval and execution are different moments.
A decision may be approved today. It may not be executed until tomorrow, next week, or when circumstances have already changed.
01 Approved decision
02 Information, risk or circumstances change
03 Execution is about to happen
04 Real-world consequence is created
Universal problem
Every industry faces the same question.
Different domains. Different consequences. The same execution challenge.
Financial Services
An important financial decision has been approved. Before execution, circumstances change.
Can it still be executed?
Healthcare
An important clinical decision has been approved. Before action begins, the patient's condition changes.
Can it still be executed?
Government
An important public sector decision has been approved. Before execution, new information becomes available.
Can it still be executed?
Critical Infrastructure
An operational decision has been approved. Before execution, operating conditions change.
Can it still be executed?
Manufacturing
A production decision has been approved. Before execution, a quality or safety issue is identified.
Can it still be executed?
Defence & Security
An operational decision has been approved. Before execution, intelligence changes the situation.
Can it still be executed?
Existing systems
Organisations already know how to approve decisions.
Governance, policies, approvals, risk management and workflow are all essential. They answer one important question.
GovernancePoliciesApprovalsRiskWorkflow
Existing systems answer
Should this decision be approved?
FlowSignal answers
Can this approved decision still be executed?
How it works
The Execution Gateway
At each protected execution point, FlowSignal makes one final independent authority determination before execution.
Fit
How FlowSignal complements your existing systems
FlowSignal is not designed to replace the systems you already trust. It adds one independent validation immediately before execution.
Your existing systems
- Governance defines policies.
- Approval systems record decisions.
- Workflow platforms execute processes.
- Policy engines evaluate predefined rules.
- Audit explains what happened afterwards.
FlowSignal adds
- Independent validation before execution.
- A final ALLOW, ESCALATE or REFUSE outcome.
- Current authority validation.
- An Authority Receipt explaining why execution was allowed, escalated or refused.
- Binding between the determination and the exact execution attempt.
- Protection at the point where consequences are created.
Why now?
Automation has changed how decisions are executed.
Important actions can now happen faster, at greater scale, and with fewer natural pauses for people to notice when circumstances have changed.
FlowSignal restores independent validation at the point where it matters most.
Why independent?
Why independence matters
The closer a decision gets to creating a real-world consequence, the more important independent validation becomes.
Independent
Produces an independent authority determination using your organisation's policies, delegated authority and current operational evidence.
Trusted
Works alongside your existing governance, workflow and policy systems without replacing them.
Defensible
Creates an Authority Receipt showing what was checked, the evidence relied upon and the execution the determination was bound to.
Before AI acts, know it’s authorised.
Start with one protected workflow and one consequential execution point.
FlowSignal
Execute with Authority. Defend with Evidence.