The Risk
AI coding agents can commit code, trigger builds, and initiate deployments. Without governance, an overeager agent could push broken code directly to production:
Coding agent "fixes" a bug and deploys directly to production, bypassing CI. The fix breaks authentication. 50,000 users locked out for 2 hours. Incident costs $150K in customer credits.
Agent attempts production deploy. HaltState checks CI status - tests haven't run. Deployment blocked. Agent told to wait for CI. Tests run, reveal the auth bug. Agent fixes it properly.
The Policy
Enforce deployment gates that apply to both humans and AI agents.
With additional safeguards:
The Flow
What happens when an agent attempts to deploy without CI:
deploy.production
intercepts
not_run
CI pipeline
retry allowed
Agent learns to wait for CI. Production stays stable.
The Evidence
Complete deployment audit trail for compliance and debugging:
Full history of deployment attempts, denials, and successful deploys.