The safeguards map / 3.3 Gateways
Bifrost
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An open-source gateway with one OpenAI-compatible API for many model providers and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) client and server layer, with per-virtual-key tool and model access.
Where it sits
3.3 Gateways (primary): Sits between applications and model providers and MCP servers, and filters which tools and models each request or virtual key can reach.
Single OpenAI-compatible API for all providers
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Control which tools are available per request or per virtual key
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Virtual Keys are the primary governance entity in Bifrost.
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Facts
- Concern
- security
- Names the law
- no
- Subject
- agentAI system
- Used by
- those who run it
- Runs
- at runtime
- Policy comes from
- owner-entered settings
- Traffic it sees
- model callstool calls (MCP)
- Can the agent bypass it
- depends
Handoffs
produces Runtime records: OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) traces
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