Symbiont Documentation

Symbiont is a Rust-native runtime for executing AI agents and tools under explicit policy, identity, and audit controls. It focuses on running agents in real environments with real risks: untrusted tools, sensitive data, approval boundaries, audit requirements, and repeatable enforcement.

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About this tool

Symbiont is a Rust-native runtime for executing AI agents and tools under explicit policy, identity, and audit controls. Unlike most agent frameworks that focus on orchestration, Symbiont focuses on what happens when agents need to run in real environments with real risk: untrusted tools, sensitive data, approval boundaries, audit requirements, and repeatable enforcement. It provides a policy language (DSL) to define access control, approval, and audit rules, and supports persistent memory, approval workflows, and Docker deployment. Symbiont is licensed under Apache 2.0 (Community Edition) and supports macOS and Linux.

Use cases
  • Run AI agents on sensitive data with enforced access control policies
  • Automate workflows that require human approval
  • Audit AI agent operations for compliance
  • Execute untrusted tools in isolated environments

Features & use cases

Rust-native runtimePolicy language (DSL)Access control, approval, and auditPersistent memoryDocker supportApache 2.0 license

At a glance

Monetization
  • Free
Maturity signals
  • Open source
  • Public API
Learning curve
  • Medium

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