The rise of agentic AI introduces complex challenges for software developers, including how to provide context to autonomous agents, maintain data security, and integrate them with legacy systems. To address these hurdles, Form.io has launched the Universal Agent Gateway (UAG), an open source platform designed to govern AI agents by connecting them to existing systems and human-in-the-loop workflows through a JSON-driven architecture.
Form.io launches the Universal Agent Gateway (UAG), an open source AI agent platform.
It uses a drag-and-drop form builder to define and update context for AI agents.
The platform maintains enterprise data security as a self-hosted solution.
It extends Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to govern AI agent permissions.
UAG connects agents to existing systems using MCP and extensible Actions.
It aims to turn AI from an experiment into a scalable, trusted part of operations.
A major obstacle in deploying AI agents is the difficulty of training them over time while ensuring predictability, traceability, and trust between humans and agents. The UAG is built as an extension of Form.io's established form and API platform to close this gap. It provides a structured way to manage agentic workflows, offering the context, constraints, and secure data pathways that agents need to operate effectively within an enterprise environment.
The UAG differentiates itself through several core capabilities. It allows development teams to define and dynamically update an agent's context using the same intuitive, drag-and-drop form builder used for creating human-facing UIs. This ensures enterprise data security through a self-hosted platform and provides open source extensibility to connect agentic workflows to any existing system. Crucially, it extends existing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and authentication systems to AI agents themselves, governing their data retrieval and actions.
"UAG's JSON-driven architecture delivers the context, constraints, and data pathways AI Agents need," said Travis Tidwell, Co-founder and CTO of Form.io. "With authenticated data retrieval, governed actions, and a configurable MCP Server, development teams get what they need—and open source lets them build highly customized solutions."
The platform is designed to move AI initiatives from promising experiments to scalable, day-to-day operations. By leveraging Form.io's proven foundation in secure data workflows, the UAG enables seamless integration with legacy systems, which is critical for enterprise adoption across demanding verticals like Government, Healthcare, and Fintech.
"Form.io sets the standard for secure, scalable form and data workflows, trusted by enterprises worldwide," added Heather Hornor, COO. "The UAG builds directly on that foundation to make AI operationally practical. The UAG enables agentic process automation with seamless integration with existing systems—so enterprises can turn AI from a promising experiment into a scalable, trusted part of day-to-day operations."
The launch of the Universal Agent Gateway represents a pragmatic approach to the complexities of agentic AI. By providing an open source, security-first framework for governing AI agents, Form.io is empowering enterprises to adopt and scale autonomous technologies with the necessary controls, integrations, and human oversight already in place.
About Form.io
Founded in 2015, Form.io has spent ten years empowering enterprises to simplify and secure data collection, streamline workflows, and turn complex business processes into practical, repeatable solutions.
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