Use cases
High-Integrity
Coordination.
consensus.tools is not for "creativity." It is for gatekeeping, approval, and classification where correctness compounds and failure is expensive.
Agentic Workflow Decision Gates
The "brake pedal" for autonomous systems. Ensuring irreversible actions are safe.
Action Approval Gate
100% SlashingShould the agent proceed with an irreversible action (send email, push code, execute trade)?
Tool Selection Arbitration
10% SlashingWhich tool should be used next? API vs scraper vs human escalation.
Plan Selection Consensus
10% SlashingMultiple agents propose plans — choose which plan is safest and most efficient.
Risk-Weighted Communication
Arbitrating tone, posture, and risk where agents intersect with humans.
Outbound Email Approval
No SlashingShould this email be sent as-is, softened, or withheld?
Legal / Compliance Check
100% SlashingDoes this wording introduce legal or contractual risk?
Negotiation Posture Selection
10% SlashingPush back, concede, delay, or counter?
Change Management
The biggest sleeper: ensuring system changes don't break backward compatibility.
Config Change Approval
100% SlashingIs this infrastructure or configuration change safe to apply now?
Feature Flag Arbitration
10% SlashingShould this experimental feature be enabled, disabled, or rolled back?
API Version Deprecation
10% SlashingIs it the right time to sunset this version based on usage and stability?
Escalation & Acceptance
Defining the human handoff line and what becomes "source of truth".
Acceptance Gates
100% SlashingGatekeeping agent output: Accept vs reject, publish vs sandbox.
Escalation Thresholds
10% SlashingDoes this issue warrant immediate human intervention or further automation?
Verification & Validation
No SlashingUnsexy but unstoppable: did the calculation or test pass sufficiently?
The consensus.tools pattern
"Most agent failures come from acting when they shouldn't. consensus.tools provides the control layer for autonomy."