ACT Gateway – Production-Grade Execution Layer for AI Agents

ACT Gateway is a lightweight HTTP service that provides timeout, retry, rate limiting, circuit breaking, and unified response format capabilities for AI Agent tool calls. It seamlessly integrates with OpenClaw, CrewAI, MCP, and other Agent frameworks, making tool execution stable, observable, and governable.

Turn unreliable tool calls into deterministic execution.

Why ACT Gateway?

Architecture

graph TD
    A[OpenClaw / CrewAI / MCP Client] --> B[ACT Gateway]
    B --> C{Execution Control Layer}
    C --> D[Timeout]
    C --> E[Retry]
    C --> F[Rate Limiting]
    C --> G[Circuit Breaking]
    C --> H[Quota]
    D & E & F & G & H --> I[Actual Tool<br/>（API / Script / Function）]

One-Click Installation

Linux / macOS

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepseek609609-collab/ACT-OpenClaw-Bridge/main/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell Admin)

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepseek609609-collab/ACT-OpenClaw-Bridge/main/install.ps1' -OutFile install.ps1; .\install.ps1 }"

Quick Verification

# Check service health
curl http://localhost:9000/health

# Call example tool
curl -X POST http://localhost:9000/act/dispatch \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"intent": "weather.get_current", "params": {"city": "Beijing"}}'

Response Example (Envelope format):

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "execution": {
    "status": "ok",
    "latency_ms": 203,
    "retries": 0,
    "breaker_state": "closed",
    "quota_remaining": 9
  },
  "payload": {"city": "Beijing", "temperature": 22}
}

Ecosystem Integration

🔌 As MCP Execution Backend

ACT Gateway is fully compatible with the MCP protocol. Any MCP client (like Claude, Cursor) can call through these endpoints:

• POST /mcp/tools/list — Discover all tools
• POST /mcp/tools/call — Call specific tool

🦞 As OpenClaw Skill Execution Engine

The installation script automatically generates act-bridge skill for OpenClaw and mirrors all ACT tools as OpenClaw skills. Use directly in OpenClaw conversations:

"Use act-weather-get_current to query Beijing weather"

🚀 Integration with CrewAI

Use crewai_adapter.py to wrap ACT tools as CrewAI tools, giving CrewAI Agents automatic execution control capabilities.

Security & Governance

• ✅ Secure by Default: Timeout, rate limiting, circuit breaking enforced by default, preventing tools from crashing the system
• ✅ Quota Management: Independent rate limits per tool, preventing abuse
• ✅ Parameter Validation: Strictly validates inputs against registered JSON Schema
• ✅ Audit Logging: Records intent, status, latency for each call, easy to trace
• ✅ Dangerous Capabilities Disabled: By default blocks sensitive operations like system.run, node.invoke (can be enabled via config)

Demo (Understand in 30 Seconds)

Actual effect: Continuous requests → Rate limit rejection; Slow requests → Timeout; Continuous failures → Circuit breaker opens

Uninstallation

Linux / macOS

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepseek609609-collab/ACT-OpenClaw-Bridge/main/uninstall.sh | bash

Windows

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepseek609609-collab/ACT-OpenClaw-Bridge/main/uninstall.ps1' -OutFile uninstall.ps1; .\uninstall.ps1

Contribution Guidelines

Welcome to submit PRs, Issues, or participate in discussions. Please read CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

MIT © ACT Kernel Contributors