GOVERNANCE

Give every agent
a clear boundary.

A useful deployment makes authority explicit: what the agent can access, what it can change and who is accountable when it stops.

A practical review checklist

Use this local checklist to prepare a deployment conversation. It is an educational aid, not a certification or compliance assessment.

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A named process owner and escalation contactDocumented allowed actions and prohibited actionsSeparate read and write permissionsA human checkpoint for consequential actionsAn evaluation set covering failures and adversarial inputA run log, retention period and access policyRetry limits, rollback planning and a stop mechanismA measured pilot with a review date

Controls across the lifecycle

Before deployment

Prove the task

Use representative test cases. Measure factual accuracy, task completion and safe handling of exceptions. Agree a threshold before expanding the pilot.

During execution

Constrain the action

Enforce permissions in the connected systems, not only in an instruction prompt. Restrict delegation, set budgets and stop uncontrolled loops.

After execution

Review the evidence

Compare outcomes with a baseline. Investigate failures and access violations. Version instructions and re-evaluate whenever tools or models change.

Research context: ServiceNow announced runtime scope verification in October 2026. Source note S3 → This checklist is independently authored and is not a claim that this website enforces those controls.

Turn a workflow into a plan.

Start with the task. Make the assumptions visible.

Open the agent planner →

Give every agenta clear boundary.