# From Atlas experiment to Airlock: extracting agent governance into a product

DevFeed: [From Atlas experiment to Airlock: extracting agent governance into a product](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-atlas-experiment-to-airlock-extracting-agent-governance-into-a-product-27009.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://workos.com/blog/atlas-to-airlock-agent-governance>)

Author: WorkOS

Published: 2026-09-15T15:35:36Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [WorkOS Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/workos-blog.md>)

Topics: [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Linear](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linear.md>), [Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/slack.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authorization.md>), [email](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/email.md>), [integrations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integrations.md>), [linear](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linear.md>), [permission](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/permission.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how WorkOS's Airlock grew from the Atlas experiment into a standalone authorization product for governing AI-agent actions in company tools. A demonstration shows policies blocking emails containing financial information and requiring approval for unfamiliar distribution lists.

## Source excerpt

Airlock grew out of Atlas to give IT and security teams a shared way to govern agent actions. Aaron Tainter's Agent Night demo shows how it works.