Act, defer, or ask
Reversible and low-stakes: it acts and reports. Consequential: it shows the change and the evidence, then waits. Irreversible or outward-facing: it stops and names the one call that's yours. It never tunnels around a wall.
A disciplined, self-improving agent layer.
As base models converge, the advantage moves up the stack: the win is how well the system works with the people using it. Axiom builds that in.
Reversible and low-stakes: it acts and reports. Consequential: it shows the change and the evidence, then waits. Irreversible or outward-facing: it stops and names the one call that's yours. It never tunnels around a wall.
It says how sure it is and on what basis — not a fluent story that only sounds right. Verify-before-deliver means nothing ships that wasn't exercised this turn.
No sycophancy, no silent deskilling, no runaway over-reliance. An auditable data path and accountable ownership on every decision — the governance regulated buyers require, built in.
Signed installers. Verify the SHA-256 checksum before you run. Checksums below are set at release time.
Apple silicon & Intel · macOS 13+
Download .dmgx86-64 · glibc 2.31+
Download .tar.gzx64 · Windows 10/11
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Download above and run the installer. It sets up ~/.axiom on your machine.
Axiom drives Claude Code, Codex, or any LLM CLI. Use your own account and keys — Axiom never ships them.
Paste the key from the panel above.
axiom license activate <YOUR-LICENSE-KEY>
Lay down config, health-check, then hand Axiom a task.
axiom init
axiom doctor
axiom run "add tests and fix the failing build"