Your AI Should Ask
Before It Acts
The Human Consent Layer is an open-source protocol that gives people control over what AI agents do — with every action visible, every decision auditable, and every tool call gated by human consent.
Apache 2.0 Licensed · Open Source · Free to Use
How It Works
Consent Before Execution
Three primitives that turn opaque AI behavior into a transparent, accountable system.
Green Shield
Every tool call — web searches, file access, API calls — is intercepted before execution. The AI proposes. The human decides.
Tamper-Evident Audit
Every consent decision is logged in a SHA-256 hash-chained audit trail. Alter one entry and the chain breaks. Trust, verified.
Fail-Closed by Default
No human response within 60 seconds? The action is denied. Silence means no. Your AI never acts without you.
For Developers
Four Functions. Universal Consent.
Drop the DevKit into any agent runtime and inherit a full consent + audit pipeline.
import { atlInit, atlConsentGate, atlAudit, atlPresentCards } from '@opnli/atl-devkit'; // 1. Register with the Trust Networkawait atlInit(accountId, 'green-shield'); // 2. Gate every tool callconst decision = await atlConsentGate({ toolName, params }); // 3. Log the decisionawait atlAudit(decision.id, { result: decision.denied ? 'denied' : 'executed' }); // 4. Present identity to servicesawait atlPresentCards(cardSet, endpoint);Works on any agent platform — AnythingLLM, OpenClaw, NemoClaw, or your own
npm install @opnli/atl-devkit — one dependency, four functions
Apache 2.0 — use it, modify it, ship it
For Businesses
AI Your Customers Can Trust
My Data + Your AI + My Control
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The Openly Trusted Network
The OTN is a trust fabric for the Agent Economy. Merchants, agents, tools, and individuals — all verified, all auditable, all operating under Consent Before Execution. Like the green padlock did for web browsing, the Green Shield does for AI.
of people don't trust AI with their data
major AI platforms ship per-action consent in their web UI
until the EU AI Act Article 50 deadline