Products·Governance architecture
Who governs your agents when you're not watching?
From day one - not after the first incident.
Why structure first
Most agent governance is reactive. Something goes wrong, then you add a rule. The rule fixes the symptom. The structure that produced the symptom stays untouched.
This kit gives you the five governance layers before the first incident. Not because incidents won't happen - they will. Because your response to them should be informed by structure, not invented under pressure.
What you get
Charter template
Define your agent system's purpose, values, and non-negotiable boundaries in a single document. The foundation every other governance decision builds on.
Boundary specifications
Concrete, testable boundaries for agent behavior. Not principles on a wall - specifications you can verify in code.
Drift monitoring
Thresholds and indicators for detecting when agent behavior moves away from intended boundaries. Drift is gradual. Detection should be continuous.
Accountability protocols
Four-level accountability framework: who notices, who escalates, who decides, who reviews. Clear chains prevent governance gaps.
The five layers
Charter
"What is this system for - and what is it not for?"
Boundaries
"Where are the lines - and are they enforceable?"
Drift detection
"How do we know when behavior has moved from where we set it?"
Accountability
"When something goes wrong, who acts - and in what order?"
Authority structure
"Who has the power to change the rules - and what constrains them?"
Who this is for
Engineering leads
Your agents are making decisions in production. Governance determines whether those decisions stay within bounds you set or bounds they discover.
Founders
Building governance into v1 is cheaper than retrofitting it after the first incident report. Start structured. Stay structured.
Compliance teams
Need a framework that maps agent behavior to organizational policy. The five-layer model gives you auditable structure.
Buy the starter kit
PDF download. Govern as many agent systems as you need.
Looking for the free version? The open-source starter kit on GitHub covers the foundation. This paid version adds detailed implementation guidance, worked examples from a production system, and the full five-layer framework.
Buy the Starter KitIncludes the charter template, boundary specifications, drift monitoring thresholds, four-level accountability framework, and authority structure guide.
Go deeper
The starter kit gives you governance structure. If you want the full trust architecture around it, two doorways from here.