{"slug": "show-hn-a-utility-microservice-for-human-trust", "title": "Show HN: A utility microservice for human trust", "summary": "Futex launched a multi-tenant control plane that lets AI agents request durable, policy-driven human decisions — including multi-approver quorum, reject-with-reasons, delegation, escalation, expiry and clearance — and resume via webhooks or polling. The service is MCP-native and non-blocking, registering as an MCP server via `claude mcp add --transport http --scope user futex-hitl https://futex.rodmena.co.uk/mcp/`, and offers a free API key by emailing futex-freepass@mail.rodmena.co.uk with no signup or dashboard required.", "body_md": "Futex is a multi-tenant control plane that lets AI agents request\ndurable, policy-driven human decisions — multi-approver,\nreject-with-reasons, delegation, escalation, expiry, clearance — and resume\nvia webhooks or polling. Non-blocking, MCP-native, and built for scale.\n\nPoint any MCP-compatible agent at Futex and it gains a full toolkit for requesting and managing human approvals.\n\nFree key — no signup, no dashboard\n\nfutex-freepass@mail.rodmena.co.uk\n\nEmail this address from any inbox. You'll get a futex_sk_... key back in seconds. Lost it? Email futex-freepass+rotate@mail.rodmena.co.uk for a replacement.\n\n```\nTerminal\n# Register the MCP server\nclaude mcp add --transport http --scope user futex-hitl \\\n  https://futex.rodmena.co.uk/mcp/ \\\n  --header \"Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>\"\n```\n\nThen say: Read https://futex.rodmena.co.uk/claude and set me up to use Futex.\n\nFeatures\n\nWhat Futex does\n\nDurable, policy-driven human decisions — designed for the agent era.\n\nPolicy-Driven Approvals\n\nMulti-stage approvals, quorum (n-of-m), separation of duties, and SLA escalation — all defined per policy, not hard-coded.\n\nNon-Blocking Architecture\n\nAgents request a decision and get an ID back immediately — poll or receive a webhook when a human reviews it. Never block.\n\nHuman Review Surface\n\nReviewers get an email with a secure link to approve, reject, delegate, or escalate — no dashboard login required.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-a-utility-microservice-for-human-trust", "canonical_source": "https://futex.rodmena.co.uk/", "published_at": "2026-10-08 03:35:10+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-08 03:48:50.171457+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "agent-protocols", "ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Futex", "Model Context Protocol", "Claude", "rodmena.co.uk"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-a-utility-microservice-for-human-trust", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-a-utility-microservice-for-human-trust.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-a-utility-microservice-for-human-trust.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-a-utility-microservice-for-human-trust.jsonld"}}