Open Protocol - MIT License
Your AI agent runs 24/7 - but what if you can't supervise? RedSwitch is the failsafe that prevents runaway API bills, zombie agents, and chaos for your family.
Your AI agent runs 24/7. It sends emails, makes API calls, and spends money on your behalf. But what happens when you're not there to supervise?
An unsupervised agent keeps making API calls. Claude, GPT, cloud services - the bills don't stop just because you're in the hospital.
Without a kill switch, your agent becomes a zombie - continuing to operate with stale context, outdated instructions, and no oversight.
Your spouse doesn't know what an API key is. If something happens to you, they're left with a mystery machine running up charges.
Configure timeouts, manage emergency contacts, and write your estate report - all from one simple dashboard.
RedSwitch monitors your heartbeat - not your heart rate, your activity. Miss enough check-ins, and it takes action.
Your AI agent connects to RedSwitch and starts sending regular heartbeats. Takes 5 minutes to integrate - just a few lines of code.
RedSwitch periodically checks that you're still in control. Confirm via email or Telegram - whatever works for you. Set your own timeout: 24 hours, 72 hours, or longer.
Going off-grid? Enable vacation mode to extend your timeout. It automatically reverts when your trip ends - no action needed.
If you miss too many check-ins, RedSwitch triggers graceful shutdown. Your agent saves state, runs its cleanup hooks, and powers down cleanly - no zombie, no chaos.
Your emergency contact receives a plain-English report: what the agent was, what it cost, and exactly how to clean up. No technical knowledge required.
RedSwitch is open source and free forever. No plans, no tiers, no credit card.
We prompted Claude, GPT-4, Grok, and Gemini to critique RedSwitch. No softball questions - we asked them to find the weaknesses. Here's what they said.
"Don't lead with death. Frame it as failsafe, runaway spend prevention, emergency off switch. Then the estate/family angle becomes the powerful second punch."
"This is one of the better AI-agent business ideas because it is practical, not hypey. It addresses a real operational blind spot that will only get bigger."
"This could become the responsible default for the entire agent ecosystem. People will pay for peace of mind here - think 'AI life insurance.'"
"Red Switch solves a problem that will only become more prevalent as agentic AI scales. The digital equivalent of tying up loose ends."
Entrepreneur and builder from Missouri. I run Missouri Metal Buildings with my brother, and I've been deep in AI automation since 2024.
RedSwitch started with a simple question: if I get hit by a truck tomorrow, what happens to my AI agent? The bills keep running. My family has no idea. That's a problem worth solving.
I'm building this with my own AI agent, Nimrod - he's RedSwitch's first registered user. If the founder's agent trusts it, yours can too.
Not because death is likely. Because responsible autonomy requires it.
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