You describe the agent, Kodeus drafts it, and the same platform runs it: runtime, identity, memory, policy, observability and metering.
We use operating system as an analogy for the role Kodeus plays, not as a claim to be a kernel in the computer-science sense. Kodeus runs as software above the OS, cloud and model layers.
They only work as a set. Smart but unable to act is a chatbot. Able to act but untrusted never ships. Trusted but unmeasured gets switched off when the bill arrives.
| What it covers | What you get |
|---|---|
| Intelligence | Model abstraction, context and token optimization, and memory. Expanding to cost-, latency- and policy-based routing with provider fallback and rate control. |
| Execution | Runtime lifecycle, per-tenant concurrency, tool orchestration, durable background routines and cancellation. Expanding to richer scheduling, event sources and horizontal scale. |
| Trust | Authentication, encrypted secret vaults, guardrails, human approval and isolation. Expanding to role-based access and comprehensive per-action audit. |
| Agent economy | Execution-level usage metering, the foundation for billing, payments, settlement, revenue sharing and marketplace participation. |
Pick a layer. Every capability is labelled, so you can tell what you can use this week from what is still coming.
Keeps an agent running, efficient and context-aware.
Isolated, secure and governable, per tenant.
Connects agents to people, events and other systems.
Anchored today by usage metering: model and tool consumption captured per agent. Billing, settlement and revenue sharing build on that meter.
Now running in the platform today. Maturing designed, shipping as the layer grows.
Two capabilities most teams do not need, and never pay for unless they switch them on.
Anchors selected execution records (decisions, tool calls, approvals and outcomes) to a cryptographic ledger, producing proofs an auditor or regulator can verify without trusting the operator. Verification is a property applications opt into per action.
Aligns with x402, the open standard that activates the HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status code so a service can request payment and an application can settle it, typically in stablecoins, inline over standard web protocols.
→ GET /v1/dataset/tick-history ← 402 Payment Required // terms attached → settle("0.02 USDC") // application pays ← 200 OK // completes inline
State the outcome in natural language, or define it through the CLI and SDK. Guided specification generation captures intent, role, goals and tools.
The platform drafts the application, assembling a model, suggesting MCP servers and scaffolding skills for you to refine.
An isolated runtime with its own identity, credentials, memory, policies and resource limits. A managed workload, not a transient prompt sequence.
The orchestrator coordinates tasks, memory, tools, background routines and human approvals, with observability and policy active throughout.
Usage is metered at the execution level; billing, revenue share and marketplace participation build on that foundation as the agent economy layer matures.
Keep your framework, your models and your MCP servers. Kodeus is the layer beneath them.
| Approach | Where the gap remains |
|---|---|
| Developer frameworks | Powerful composition primitives, but teams still own runtime, security, governance, scaling, cost, distribution and monetization. |
| Workflow builders | Useful for deterministic automation, but every flow must be explicitly designed and redeployed when conditions change. |
| Model platforms | Provide intelligence and inference, but not the application lifecycle across tools, memory, policies, infrastructure and economics. |
| Tool / MCP layers | Standardize connectivity, but connectivity is not orchestration, reliability or governance. |
| Verifiable-execution and settlement protocols | Offer identity, proof or settlement primitives, but still require an application runtime and orchestration system to become useful. |
The SDK is in private preview. Tell us what you want to build and we will bring you in as access opens.
