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Independent advisory for agent systems

Independent guidance for building and operating agent systems responsibly.

We help organisations design, evaluate and govern their agent systems with evidence, transparency and operational discipline.

How we help

Focused advisory across architecture, governance and evaluation.

Agent architecture review

Assessment of harnesses, runtimes, tools, memory, permissions, recovery and observability.

  • Architecture mapping
  • Component assessment
  • Tooling and MCP review
  • Memory and context strategy
  • Recovery and resilience
  • Observability and telemetry

See how we review architecture

Governance and control assessment

Identity, policy, budgets, approvals, auditability and organisational ownership.

  • Identity and access
  • Policy design and enforcement
  • Budgets and guardrails
  • Approvals and change control
  • Auditability and evidence
  • Operating model and ownership

See how we assess controls

Independent framework evaluation

Version-pinned comparison against a defined workload and decision criteria.

  • Workload and success criteria
  • Framework and version pinning
  • Hands-on evaluation
  • Results, trade-offs and risk
  • Recommendations with evidence

See published evaluations

Executive briefings and workshops

Helping technical leadership understand agent architecture, operational risk and vendor choices.

  • Executive briefings
  • Architecture deep-dives
  • Risk and control workshops
  • Vendor and build vs buy analysis
  • Tailored to your context

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Engagement formats

Three concrete ways to work together, each with an indicative scope. Final scope is fixed in writing before work begins.

Architecture review

Two to three weeks · fixed scope

A structured review of one agent system: architecture, controls and recovery, delivered as a written assessment with prioritised recommendations.

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Harness Card evaluation

One system · one week

A version-pinned Harness Card for a system you are evaluating, examined field by field against our published card schema.

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Advisory retainer

Monthly · ongoing

Standing access for architecture decisions, vendor questions and review of internal designs as your agent systems evolve.

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Our approach

Evidence first. Independent always.

  1. 01

    Understand your context

    We learn your goals, constraints and operating model.

  2. 02

    Assess and evaluate

    We review architecture, controls and evidence against best practice.

  3. 03

    Deliver clear recommendations

    You receive actionable advice with trade-offs and next steps.

  4. 04

    Support execution

    We help you implement, measure and iterate responsibly.

Every engagement follows our published methodology

Why organisations work with us

Independent

We are not owned by or affiliated with any vendor.

Evidence-led

Our recommendations are based on rigorous evaluation and data.

Transparent

We document methods, assumptions and limitations.

Practical

Advice designed for real-world teams and constraints.

Let’s build safer, more capable agent systems.

Get in touch to discuss your needs or request a tailored assessment.

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