Cognivern
Governance for agentic work

Delegate consequential work.
Keep judgment in the loop.

Set the boundaries, let agents handle routine work, and step in when a decision needs judgment. Every action leaves a clear record.

Incoming agent request

Pay an approved vendor

Checking policy
Requested amount$50
$10$5,000

Drag past $100 to hold a request for review, or past $3,000 to stop it outright.

Approved

This action is within the boundary

$50

Within the automatic approval limit.

Recorded for review
How it works

From agent request to accountable action

Every consequential action follows the same clear path: define the boundary, evaluate the request, decide what happens, and keep the record.

Agent Request
Agent sends spend intent with amount, asset, and recipient
Policy Evaluation
Real-time rule checks — deny, approve, or hold for review
Accountable Record
Approved spends receive a tamper-evident record your team can review.
Audit Trail
A durable activity trail for reviews, investigations, and reporting.
Built for the moments that matter

Let agents handle more. Keep judgment where it matters.

Cognivern gives teams a clear answer at the moment an agent asks to do something consequential — without turning every routine action into a meeting.

Set limits

Give every agent a clear budget, approved recipients, and actions it can take without asking.

Stop overspending before it starts.

Review exceptions

Route high-risk or unusual actions to the right person instead of blindly letting them through.

Keep human judgment for the moments that need it.

Investigate decisions

See what the agent attempted, which policy applied, and the evidence behind every decision.

Answer “what happened?” without guesswork.

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Agent decisions recorded
A clear record for review
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Active policies
Enforcing spend rules in real-time
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Time to first governed action
Sign up → set a policy → try a scenario
For developers

Connect the control plane to your system

Add one governance check before an agent takes a consequential action. Sign in to get an API key for your workspace, or try the live demo to see the decision boundary first.

bash
# Evaluate a spend against the active policy
# Replace $KEY with your workspace API key (x-api-key header)
curl -X POST https://api.cognivern.persidian.com/api/governance/evaluate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: $KEY" \
  -d '{
    "agentId": "demo",
    "action": {
      "type": "spend",
      "amount": 50,
      "currency": "USDC"
    }
  }'
Example response (amount under $100 → approved):
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "allowed": true,
    "decision": "approved",
    "reasoning": "Approved — passed 2 policy check(s)",
    "policyChecks": [
      { "policyId": "policy-budget", "result": true, "reason": "Within $3000 hard limit" },
      { "policyId": "policy-approval", "result": true, "reason": "Under $100 auto-approval threshold" }
    ],
    "auditLogId": "log-demo-2026-07-25T12-00-00",
    "timestamp": "2026-07-25T12:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

Connect the systems you already run. Cognivern governs the action before it moves and preserves the evidence afterward. See the architecture & deployed networks →

Use cases

Delegate the work you already understand

Begin with one consequential workflow, prove the guardrails work, then expand with confidence.

Payment agents

Set per-payment and daily limits, restrict recipients, and hold unusual requests for review.

Pay a new vendor $500 — held for approval

Procurement agents

Run confidential vendor selections with a clear record of the process and outcome.

Select a security vendor — competing bids stay private

Operations agents

Let routine work proceed automatically while sensitive changes and purchases require the right review.

Upgrade a customer plan — approved within the agent's limit

Financial agents

Apply strict rules to trading, treasury, and transfer workflows without slowing every routine decision.

Move $2,000 to a new protocol — blocked by policy
Who it's for

AI product teams

Ship agents that customers can trust with consequential work

Operations teams

Delegate routine work without surrendering oversight

Financial teams

Keep spending agents inside explicit limits

Start with one governed action.

Prove the boundary with a realistic request, then connect the same controls to your own agents and workflows.