In short:A kill switch is a control that immediately stops an agent or cuts its access everywhere. It is used when an agent behaves unexpectedly or its owner leaves. Without one, teams must hunt down each credential an agent holds while it keeps working in the background.
How does it work?
The platform revokes the agent's tokens, blocks it at the gateway and disables its identity in one action.
What does it look like in practice?
Aembit lists an AI kill switch, and NewCore offers per-agent revocation.