# archgw Projects at AI Tinkerers

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ArchGW is the intelligent Layer 7 gateway (proxy) for AI agents, offloading critical, undifferentiated tasks like prompt guardrails, smart routing, and LLM observability.

ArchGW (Arch Gateway) operates as an intelligent, open-source Layer 7 proxy, purpose-built for agentic applications. It’s engineered on the battle-tested Envoy Proxy, providing a robust, out-of-process architecture. This gateway handles the non-core plumbing: managing prompt guardrails to prevent jailbreaks, executing smart intent routing to the correct agent, and providing standardized, OTEL-based observability for LLM calls. Critically, ArchGW enables fast function calling and disaster recovery between upstream LLMs, allowing developers to focus 100% on core business logic and agent differentiation, not boilerplate infrastructure.

- Official technology site: https://github.com/katanemo/archgw
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 1
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [Fast, Human-In-The-Loop Agents, built via traditional APIs](https://seattle.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_13lhzPPWtwQ)

We'll walk through Arch - an intelligent gateway for agents - engineered with small LLMs that offer best-in-class intent routing, guardrails, fast function calling and observability capabilities, so that developers can focus on the stuff that matters: features and business logic. Arch is built by the team that built Envoy at Lyft and offered as an open source primitive for developers.

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Seattle - December 2024 Meetup — 2024-12-12 — Seattle
- Public talk page: https://seattle.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_13lhzPPWtwQ

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