The AI control plane for observable, controllable, trustworthy systems
Knobs helps teams identify the few high-impact variables that shape AI behavior, then monitor, evaluate, steer, and optimize them across data products, copilots, and autonomous agents.
Control Focus
Tune the variables that matter
Observe
Telemetry + drift
Evaluate
Failure surfaces
Steer
Policies + controls
The problem
AI systems are powerful, but too often opaque.
- Teams cannot see which variables actually drive AI outcomes.
- LLM and agent evaluations become expensive and fragmented.
- Autonomous agents need real-time boundaries, telemetry, and override paths.
- Governance teams need evidence, not vague confidence.
The Knobs answer
Find the knobs. Measure them. Control them.
- Discover the high-impact behavioral, data, model, and workflow variables.
- Turn those variables into evaluation dimensions and operating controls.
- Continuously optimize AI products for safety, cost, quality, and business outcomes.
- Give product, engineering, risk, and business teams one shared control plane.
Capabilities
From black-box AI to governed intelligence
Knobs converts AI behavior into observable signals and adjustable controls.
Knob Discovery
Identify the variables that disproportionately influence model outputs, agent behavior, safety, cost, and user outcomes.
AI Observability
Monitor reasoning paths, memory state, tool usage, drift, failure modes, and human interventions in one place.
Control + Steering
Steer AI behavior with thresholds, policy gates, prompt controls, approval workflows, and autonomy boundaries.
Evaluation Optimization
Focus testing on high-impact behavioral dimensions instead of trying to enumerate every possible prompt and edge case.
Cost + Performance Tuning
Optimize model routing, token usage, context design, evaluation frequency, and human review load.
Agent Management
Control long-running agents with autonomy scores, loop detection, goal monitoring, and human override mechanisms.
Product Modules
A modular system for AI operations
Use Knobs as a control layer across Kreate data products, Kontrols governance workflows, and enterprise AI assistants.
Discovery Engine
- Feature attribution
- Causal analysis
- Latent variable detection
- Sensitivity analysis
Evaluation Framework
- Behavioral stress tests
- Dynamic benchmarks
- Failure surface analysis
- Adversarial simulation
Control Layer
- Safety thresholds
- Prompt steering
- Policy gates
- Approval workflows
Optimization Engine
- Token efficiency
- Context compression
- Multi-model routing
- Fine-tuning feedback
Observability Platform
- Telemetry capture
- Memory tracking
- Drift monitoring
- Safety dashboards
Agent Manager
- Autonomy scoring
- Loop detection
- Goal monitoring
- Trust scoring
Architecture
A feedback loop for AI control
Knobs links telemetry, behavioral evaluation, policy control, and optimization into a repeatable operating model.
Measure
Collect signals from prompts, outputs, tools, memory, users, and business outcomes.
Discover
Find the variables with outsized influence on safety, quality, cost, and adoption.
Control
Apply gates, thresholds, routing, human review, and policy boundaries.
Optimize
Tune the system continuously based on real-world feedback.
Enterprise Use Cases
Built for high-stakes AI systems
Knobs is most valuable where AI decisions need evidence, control, and continuous optimization.
Financial AI Agents
Control reasoning, risk tolerance, data freshness, and escalation rules in finance workflows.
Regulatory + Compliance AI
Track evidence, audit logic, policy consistency, exceptions, and human approvals.
Tax Research Assistant
Monitor citations, confidence, reasoning depth, source selection, and review thresholds.
Kreate Data Products
Optimize data product quality, usability, adoption, and workflow performance.
Kontrols Governance
Connect AI behavior metrics with governance controls and compliance workflows.
Autonomous Agents
Bound autonomy, detect loops, monitor tools, and tune agent decision policies.
Why Knobs
Move from AI experimentation to AI operations
Knobs gives teams the practical controls needed to ship AI products safely: what to measure, what to evaluate, what to tune, and when to escalate.
Know what happened and why.
Set boundaries before issues scale.
Tune for cost, trust, and adoption.
Generate evidence for governance.
Put controls around your AI systems
Use Knobs to monitor, evaluate, and steer AI products before risk becomes production failure.