Chris Hart

CEO @CivicKey ($CVC). The engine for AI-driven workflows. Instant intelligence. Zero complexity. l Runner, average triathlete and decent snowboarder.

[Chris Hart @hartcb]

This is the trust infrastructure gap. Teams want to move agents to production but can't answer basic questions about access control and auditability. We're launching the security layer for that today: https://t.co/ZK0JOunPiu

[Civic @civickey]

Your agent just tried to delete 2,847 emails from your inbox.

Civic blocked it. Read-only access.

Don't connect your agent to Gmail and hope for the best. Civic is the security layer that sits between your agent and every tool it touches. Guardrails aren't optional. They're built in.

Read about today's launch: https://t.co/pFxWxQK7mQ

[Civic @civickey]

No one needs another AI strategy. You need AI agents live in weeks, not months.

Not a 12 month consulting engagement, seven figures, slides at the end.

Nor a $150K per year SaaS contract, your process adapts to their tool.

Civic ships production agents on your stack in 30 to 90 days. Pilots from $15K to $50K. Audit trail and kill switch on day one. You own the output.

2,000+ developers onboarded to the Civic MCP gateway. The team carries 65 years in financial services, 35 in identity and access, 30 in marketing and adtech, 15 in legal and professional services, 12 in manufacturing, and 10 building AI and agentic systems. Regulated environments, systems of record, audit trails, the same discipline applied to agents.

Free 45 min discovery call, one page scope memo in days.

https://t.co/OlAURkK29g

[Civic @civickey]

Your agent can’t revoke its own kill switch. That’s the point.

Civic separates revocation from the agent API by design. 4 levels of instant access control, from blocking one tool to deleting the whole toolkit.

https://t.co/uUJ63YSfVs

[Civic @civickey]

AutoGen agents move fast. That's the point.

They're also fast at doing things you didn't mean to authorize. No audit trail. No kill switch per tool.

Civic fixes that. Every call logged. Every connection revokable.

https://t.co/JH7BCZaKrA

[Civic @civickey]

Two of us are heading to OpenClaw Hack Day on March 25 in SF.

@titus_k is speaking. @juamps will be there too. Hosted at @awscloud Builder Loft. @ContextualAI is in the mix. Run by @itsajchan.

https://t.co/nnhK4Vzlb5

[Civic @civickey]

Huge thanks to @encodeclub for the AI London Hackathon & Conference, and to fellow sponsors @base @luffa_ai @OpenAI @vercel @architectxyz @elevenlabs @canva.

Had a blast with the super sharp community. Top notch presenters and content all around. Photos courtesy of our own Dan Kelleher (speaker) and @kevinhcolgan (hackathon judge).

[Civic @civickey]

New docs just went live.

Connector setup for 85+ MCP servers. Guardrail configuration. Revocation walkthroughs. The stuff you actually need to get running.

https://t.co/uTQpB4e3Fp

[Civic @civickey]

We're joining @encodeclub's AI London Hackathon & Conference with @base @luffa_ai @OpenAI @vercel @architectxyz @elevenlabs @canva.

Builders, researchers, and teams pushing AI forward in one room this weekend.

This is where the good stuff happens → https://t.co/2Mqq6rqeiq

[Civic @civickey]

You've built an agent that works. Now you're scared to let it run.

Our CTO wrote the piece you've been waiting for: how to move security out of prompts and into infrastructure.

When less capability makes your agent smarter, and why OAuth isn't enough.
https://t.co/6TJGRCTMfO

[Chris Hart @hartcb]

Check out what we have built at https://t.co/LS9kATp2Qp
- Connectivity: Connect to Gmail, Slack, Stripe, and APIs via one URL. No OAuth sprawl or raw credentials, just secure, 10-minute setup with CivicAuth or BYO Auth (Clerk or WorkOS).
- Auditability: Full transparency for every action. Track exactly which tool, scope, and agent touched your data, so you’re never guessing "what happened."
- Guardrails: Enforce strict permissions like "read-only." Your agent can browse Gmail without the power to send or delete, making deployment actually safe.
- Revocation: Kill access instantly. No tickets, no config files—just one move to cut all ties when things go sideways.

[Civic @civickey]

Your agent has "full access" to Gmail. Here's what that actually includes:

Read every email
Send from your address
Delete permanently
Create forwarding rules
Access shared/delegate inboxes
Modify all labels and filters
Export your entire mailbox
Grant access to third parties

[Vinny Lingham @VinnyLingham]

After 10+ years of building around human based identities, Civic is now focusing entirely on agentic identity and access management.

If you’re using OpenClaw - try using Civic as your security layer - we would love any feedback!

[Chris Hart @hartcb]

Most teams with AI agents in production have already watched one do something it wasn't supposed to.

We built a security layer that sits between your agents and your tools: every action authenticated, logged, and revocable.

The agent era needs real security infrastructure.

Here's ours: https://t.co/jgFNhI972l

[Chris Hart @hartcb]

@civickey The power of agents with control and guardrails is a game changer.

[JP Bedoya @juamps]

Built a token compression plugin for @OpenClaw.. 90% reduction on day one. Your agent doesn't need to remember all that noise.
Try it out:
openclaw plugins install @piscodm/claw-compressor

[Civic @civickey]

You don’t need to “lock down” OpenClaw to reduce risk.

You do need visibility and control over what it can touch.

Civic Nexus for OpenClaw is new and designed to help with exactly that.

Launch post 👇
https://t.co/rhJRxNMyH9

[Civic @civickey]

For decades, software trained people to adapt.

LLMs flip that model.

We built software that learns your language, your defaults, your workflows. Not smarter AI. More focused software.

Full breakdown in our latest post 👇
https://t.co/tzBJYG6pqN

[Civic @civickey]

Local AI agents are no longer side projects.

@openclaw is now wired into real third party tools.

That change is why we’re introducing Civic Nexus for OpenClaw today. It adds a protective authorization layer between the agent and external systems.

Why this matters now 👇
https://t.co/89MssRHPz6

[Chris Hart @hartcb]

Autonomous agents without proof of agency are like cars without license plates. Who’s accountable when there’s an accident? How can we ensure they follow the rules of the road?

[Chris Hart @hartcb]

Imagine if every time you met a colleague, you had to reintroduce yourself. Name. Role. Intent. Credibility. Every…Single…Time.

The internet still treats every interaction like strangers meeting for the first time.

The future of identity looks less like a guard at a door and more like recognition in a small town. You’re known. Your actions make sense. Trust grows or erodes over time.