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Outloop is not a vault
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In short
An agent access router sits above your vault and controls how AI agents use secrets at runtime.
A vault stores and encrypts secrets. Outloop is an agent access router: it lets an AI agent request an approved action instead of a raw key, blocks wrong-tenant calls by policy, performs the call locally, and returns a redacted result — so the agent never sees the secret.
Vaults like 1Password, Infisical, and Doppler solve storage: they keep secrets encrypted at rest and rotate them. That is essential — and Outloop assumes you already have it. The gap they don't cover is runtime: what happens the moment an AI agent needs to actually use a credential across client workspaces.
That's the layer Outloop adds. Agents request actions, not raw keys; wrong-tenant access is blocked by policy; and every attempt is written to a redacted local audit. In industry writing this layer is increasingly called a credential broker for AI agents — the vault stores; the broker governs use.
Vault vs. agent access router
| Capability | Vault (1Password · Infisical · Doppler) | Outloop (agent access router) |
|---|---|---|
| Stores & encrypts secrets | ✓ Built for this | Uses your vault — stores nothing |
| Agent receives the raw key | Yes, if you share it | No — the agent requests an action |
| Per-tenant runtime policy | — | ✓ |
| Wrong-client call blocked at runtime | — | ✓ |
| Redacted audit of agent use | — | ✓ |
| Where it runs | Your chosen backend | Local-first broker on your machine |
How a request actually flows
- 01
Agent request
The agent asks for an approved action or alias — not a raw key.
- 02
Policy & tenant check
Outloop checks project, tenant identity, and runtime policy before anything runs.
- 03
Local broker
On approval, the local broker uses the credential on the wire to perform the call.
- 04
Redacted result
The agent receives a sanitized, non-secret result. Raw values never enter its context.
- 05
Audit log
Every attempt is written to a redacted local audit — decision, tenant, service.
The agent never sees the credential. A wrong-tenant request is denied at the policy check, before any backend call.
Outloop is in commercial beta and currently in controlled design-partner prep. It is built around local-first secret protection, tenant separation, and redacted audit — not a finished compliance certification. See the security model for what is and isn't proven yet, or how Outloop works above 1Password, Infisical, and Doppler.
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