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A Practical Governance Framework for AI Agents

Assign ownership and controls based on capabilities, data access, action impact, and evidence of reliability.

Inventory capabilities

Record each agent's purpose, users, models, tools, data, permissions, and deployment owner. Governance starts with knowing what can act and where.

Tier by risk

Classify use cases using consequence, reversibility, data sensitivity, and degree of autonomy. Higher tiers require stronger testing, approvals, monitoring, and review cadence.

Treat evidence as ongoing

Approval at launch is not permanent proof of safety. Reassess when models, prompts, tools, policies, or usage patterns change, and learn from near misses as well as incidents.