AceClaw

A Java agent runtime with a visual agent harness for long-running work

**AceClaw is runtime-level governance for enterprise-grade agent systems** — stable, controllable, observable, built for environments where compliance and predictability matter as much as capability.

The runtime is a Java daemon that runs the agent loop and gates tool use against per-session permission policy. A live dashboard renders the same event stream as a navigable trace — operators see exactly what the engine evaluated, and the same record drives the audit trail.

Java agent runtime

A persistent JVM daemon that runs the ReAct + Plan/Replan loop, tools, permissions, memory, and self-learning. Every capability use — tool execution, memory write, sub-agent spawn — flows through one policy in one place. Pure Java 21, zero AI framework. The CLI talks to it over a Unix Domain Socket; the optional dashboard uses a loopback-only WebSocket bridge with an explicit allowed-origins list.

**[Read the design philosophy →](docs/design-philosophy.md)** — why Java,