Ownership and inventory
Every agent needs a named owner, business purpose, environment, version, approved model list, tool scopes, data classification, and retirement path.
Centralize the decision and evidence. Keep agent execution loosely coupled from any single model, framework, or tool protocol.
Access and intervention
Use deny-by-default permissions and short-lived credentials. Require typed human approval for irreversible actions and give operators one tested path to pause agents and revoke access.
Proof, not promises
A dashboard is not observability unless a run can be reconstructed. Correlate prompts, model calls, tool calls, policy decisions, approvals, costs, errors, and final outcomes with appropriate redaction.
Generate a system-specific version
Use the interactive builder to translate these principles into layers and controls for your fleet size, framework, model set, tools, identity, and data requirements.