Arch serves as a sophisticated gateway that safeguards, monitors, and tailors the performance of AI agents by seamlessly interfacing with your APIs. Leveraging Envoy Proxy, Arch ensures secure data management, intelligent routing, extensive observability, and effective integration with backend systems, all while remaining independent of business logic. Its out-of-process architecture is designed to work with a variety of programming languages, allowing for rapid deployment and smooth upgrades. Crafted with advanced sub-billion parameter Large Language Models (LLMs), Arch is particularly adept at executing essential prompt-related functions, including API personalization through function calling, implementing prompt guards to mitigate toxic content or jailbreak attempts, and detecting intent drift to boost both retrieval precision and response speed. By extending the cluster subsystem of Envoy, Arch adeptly manages upstream connections to LLMs, facilitating robust AI application development. Furthermore, it acts as an edge gateway for AI applications, providing features such as TLS termination, rate limiting, and routing based on prompts. Such capabilities make Arch an essential tool for developers aiming to enhance the efficiency and security of their AI-driven solutions while ensuring a user-friendly experience.