AI Agent
Lelu
Open source authorization engine for AI agents that provides confidence-aware gating, human-in-the-loop review, policy-as-code, and full audit trail.
Lelu
What is Lelu?
Lelu is an authorization engine for AI agents that checks every action, logs every decision, and brings humans into the loop when needed.
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How to use Lelu?
- 1Install the SDK: npm install lelu-agent-auth or pip install lelu-agent-auth-sdk.
- 2Import and create the client with your API key.
- 3Use lelu.authorize() before executing agent actions, passing tool name and context.
- 4Handle decision outcomes: allow, human_review, compute, or deny.
- 5For local testing, clone the repo and run ./demo.sh in examples/quickstart.
Lelu Key Features
- Confidence-aware gating
- Human-in-the-loop review
- Policy-as-code with YAML and Rego
- Full audit trail
- Prompt injection detection
- Shadow agent detection
- OAuth Token Vault with AES-256-GCM encryption
- NHI inventory with risk scoring
Lelu Use Cases
- Securing AI agents from prompt injection attacks
- Authorizing agent actions based on confidence thresholds
- Implementing human approval for risky or uncertain tasks
- Auditing all agent decisions for compliance and safety
Lelu Pricing & Free Credits
Lelu currently operates on a Free model.
This tool is completely free to use
Lelu Pros & Cons
Pros
- Open source and self-hostable
- Multi-layered security pipeline
- Works with major AI frameworks (OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, etc.)
- Provides human-in-the-loop review
- Comprehensive audit trail
Cons
- Requires integration effort and code changes
- Relatively new project with smaller community
- Performance overhead from multiple checks
What is Lelu best for?
- Development teams building AI agents that need guardrails
- Enterprises requiring audit-grade agent action logs
- Anyone using OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, or CrewAI