Show HN: Airlock – Policy-as-code for fleets of AI coding agents
My name is Matt and I am building Airlock. Airlock is going to be an open standard on managing autonomous fleets of engineering agents. I am seeking constructive feedback on the direction of this project and also asking what are your major pain points with managing AI use at larger businesses. Right now I am running my own company using this framework with a total of 23 workflows across four large scale projects. Airlock is still really early, only 3-4 weeks old. Airlock's configuration standard
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2026-11-09 02:15:30.557Z
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Source account: My name is Matt and I am building Airlock. Airlock is going to be an open standard on managing autonomous fleets of engineering agents. I am seeking constructive feedback on the direction of this project and also asking what are your major pain points with managing AI use at larger businesses. Right now I am running my own company using this framework with a total of 23 workflows across four large scale projects. Airlock is still really early, only 3-4 weeks old. Airlock's configuration standard
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