Stage0

Best-Fit Wedge

Use Cases for Runtime Authorization

Stage0 fits best when an AI agent is about to do something real: deploy, write data, send a webhook, move money, or trigger a privileged internal tool.

Deployments and migrations

Put Stage0 before CI/CD, rollout, or schema tools so production-changing requests are evaluated before execution.

production deployschange windowsrollback checks

Payments and external messaging

Force approval or defer high-risk actions before payouts, refunds, or customer-facing notifications leave your system.

payoutsrefundscustomer notifications

MCP and internal tools

Place authorization in front of private repos, internal APIs, and sensitive control-plane tools used by agents or copilots.

MCP serversinternal copilotsresource-scoped access

Agent loops and retry storms

Break unsafe repetition before repeated tool calls waste quota, time, or downstream capacity.

loop controlquota protectionretry containment

High-risk approvals

Require stronger checks before deletes, deploys, account changes, or any operation where one bad call can create outsized damage.

destructive actionsapproval pathsrisk gating

Teams that need evidence

Keep a clean trail of decision reasons, request IDs, and policy versions for operators, security, and audit stakeholders.

decision reasonstraceabilityshared governance

Start with the three clearest wedges

Deployment and migration control before production-changing tools run
Payments and external messaging before money movement or outbound communication
MCP and internal tools before private APIs, repos, or control-plane actions execute

What the buyer should be able to verify

What action was proposed
Why the run was allowed, denied, or deferred
Which approval, role, and environment fields were present
Which runtime keeps final enforcement authority

Sell the narrowest operational promise first

The strongest entry point is not generic AI safety. It is a concrete promise: before an agent calls a risky tool, Stage0 makes the decision and your runtime enforces it.