# AI experience orchestration still needs an enforcement layer.

Broad orchestration suites are built to unify signals, route decisions, and connect journeys across systems. That matters. But the buyer pain in engineering and agentic operations shows up one step later: the instant an agent is about to run a command, open a PR, ship a release, or repeat a mistake you already corrected.

ThumbGate is built for that execution boundary. It turns operator feedback into Pre-Action Checks that block repeat AI failures before the next tool call fires.

## Where the categories split

### Orchestration platforms

Best for routing data, intents, content, approvals, and customer journeys across many systems.

### ThumbGate

Best for controlling what an AI coding or workflow agent is allowed to execute after the workflow has already selected a next action.

### Why buyers add both

Orchestration answers what should happen next. ThumbGate answers what is safe to execute now.

## Comparison table

Capability | Broad orchestration suites | ThumbGate
--- | --- | ---
Unify data and decisions across many systems | Yes | Partial
Block a risky tool call before execution | Usually not the core product | Yes — Pre-Action Checks
Turn thumbs-up/down into enforceable rules | Rarely productized | Yes — feedback becomes checks
Work directly inside AI coding workflows | Indirectly | Yes — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini, Amp, OpenCode
Ship fast without a services-heavy rollout | Often longer rollout | Yes — local-first CLI wedge
Keep proof attached to the blocked action | Depends on implementation | Yes — check reasoning, evidence, dashboard history

## What ThumbGate is not trying to replace

- Customer-data platforms
- Journey orchestration engines
- Enterprise integration buses
- Support-ticket workflow routers

## What ThumbGate is trying to control

- AI coding agents with write access to repos and terminals
- CI and release automations that need proof before promotion
- Approval-heavy workflows where a repeated mistake is expensive
- Platform rollouts where one team's lesson should become everyone else's guardrail

## Why this matters commercially

Once AI is trusted to act, the buyer stops asking whether the workflow is smart enough. The buyer asks whether the workflow is safe enough to leave unattended. That is the gap ThumbGate fills.

Short version: orchestration without enforcement still leaves the last mile exposed.

See the platform-team rollout See the regulated workflow pattern