{"slug": "a-16-year-old-built-aegiskernel-to-block-hijacked-ai-agents-before-they-run", "title": "A 16-year-old built AegisKernel to block hijacked AI agents before they run", "summary": "Adi Kshatriyag, a 16-year-old solo builder, released AegisKernel, a tool that enforces deterministic capability checks on LangChain, CrewAI and AutoGen agents before a tool executes, rather than relying on a second language model as a probabilistic guardrail. The project, surfaced on Hacker News, targets builders who grant agents shell, file and database access and want explicit permission grants verified before each tool call.", "body_md": "# A 16-year-old built AegisKernel to block hijacked AI agents before they run\n\n**Kshatriyag, a 16-year-old solo builder, is selling deterministic tool checks for LangChain, CrewAI and AutoGen agents.**\n\n        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)\n        · Published \n\nPrimary source: [Hacker News](https://adikshatriyag-crypto.github.io/aegis-kernel/)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nAgent builders are giving models shell, file and database access while still relying on probabilistic guardrails to catch abuse. AegisKernel tests a stricter idea: explicit capability grants checked before a tool runs.\n\nAdi Kshatriyag is asking a question that gets sharper every time a coding agent receives terminal access: why should a second language model get to vote on whether the first one can run a dangerous command?…\n\nWhen you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-16-year-old-built-aegiskernel-to-block-hijacked-ai-agents-before-they-run", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/adi-kshatriyag-aegiskernel-ai-agent-tool-security", "published_at": "2026-11-06 18:44:45+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-06 21:52:07.724563+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Adi Kshatriyag", "AegisKernel", "LangChain", "CrewAI", "AutoGen", "Hacker News"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-16-year-old-built-aegiskernel-to-block-hijacked-ai-agents-before-they-run", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-16-year-old-built-aegiskernel-to-block-hijacked-ai-agents-before-they-run.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-16-year-old-built-aegiskernel-to-block-hijacked-ai-agents-before-they-run.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-16-year-old-built-aegiskernel-to-block-hijacked-ai-agents-before-they-run.jsonld"}}