Kairos · καιρός

The physical runtime for AI agents.

Agents can think about the world. Kairos is how they reach into it.

A hand reaching in from the left, rendered in navy engraving tones.

A hand reaching in from the right, index finger extended, rendered in navy engraving tones.

Read https://github.com/hikairos/setup and set up Kairos for me.

The agent runs it

One command. A boundary. Proof back.

Your agent calls Kairos directly. You approve the boundary once — and only look at what came back.

$ kairos run "Ship 40 units of K-2 from Shenzhen to Rotterdam" \
    --budget 18000 USD \
    --approve payment,customs_release \
    --scope freight,inspection \
    --verify carrier_scan,inspection_report,signed_pod

arrived_at_port     carrier_scan         verified   08:12
inspected           inspection_report    verified   08:40
awaiting_approval   customs_release      1,240 USD  approved by you 09:30
shipped             signed_pod           pending    ETA Thu

from kairos import Kairos

k = Kairos()

run = k.execute(
    intent="Ship 40 units of K-2 from Shenzhen to Rotterdam",
    permissions={
        "budget":  {"limit": 18000, "currency": "USD"},
        "approve": ["payment", "customs_release"],
        "scope":   ["freight", "inspection"],
    },
    verify=["carrier_scan", "inspection_report", "signed_pod"],
)

for step in run.steps():
    print(step.state, step.proof)

Works behind the agents people already use

OpenCode
OpenClaw
Hermes Agent
Codex
Claude Cowork
Grok Bot
Custom agent

You see the result

Forty units, Shenzhen to Rotterdam.

Arrived at portverifiedRotterdam · Tue 08:12arrived_at_portcarrier_scan
Inspectedverified40 of 40 units · 0 damagedinspectedinspection_report
Customs releaseapprovedApproved by you · 09:30awaiting_approvalapprove
Shipped to warehousependingETA Thu · signature on deliveryshippedsigned_pod

Kairos, relief after Lysippos: the winged figure of the opportune moment, with the forelock that can only be seized as he passes.

The concept

Agents think in chronos. The world happens in kairos.

Chronos is the time that passes — tokens, turns, plans. Kairos is the moment worth acting in: the door is open, the truck is here, the approval is given. Kairos carries an agent’s intent into the world at that moment, inside a boundary a person approved, and brings back proof.

ApprovedBudget, scope and irreversible steps are explicit before anything runs.
ResumableEvery run is checkpoints. Interrupt it, come back, continue.
VerifiableScans, signatures, receipts, photos — proof is part of the result.
ComposableOne run’s proof is the next run’s input, for the next agent.

Pricing · planned

Pay for results. Not for trying.

Kairos charges per verified execution. Thinking, planning and approvals cost nothing.

Verified result
One fee
per execution that returns its proof
- Charged only when the proof you asked for comes back.
- Same fee whether the run took one step or twelve.
Failed or cancelled
0
if the world did not answer
- A run that stops at a checkpoint or fails costs nothing.
- Third-party costs inside the run stay inside your approved budget.
Planning and approvals
Free
always
- Plans, boundaries and approval requests are unlimited.
- No subscription to start. No seats.

Exact rates are published with early access and may change before launch.

Early access

Time passes on its own. The moment has to be taken.

Join the waitlist and we will write when there is something real to try.