Scope each action
Bind tool use to the agent’s identity, purpose, permissions and current context.
Use Cases
Delegate work.
Define authority.
An agent can plan a useful next step without having authority to execute it.
The situation
AI agents
An agent reads a case, chooses a tool and proposes a change to an enterprise system.
What can go wrong
Tool access can exceed the original purpose; one permitted step can lead to an unauthorised sequence.
Governance in practice
Control the action in context.
Check the boundary
Evaluate before external changes, spending or disclosure—not only when a plan is generated.
Keep a route to people
Escalate ambiguous authority and consequential exceptions to an accountable owner.
Operational change
Agents work within explicit authority, and operators can explain where that authority ended.
- Accountable owner
- Agent/platform owner
- Evidence to retain
- Attempted tool call, policy version, decision and execution outcome.
Products involved
A connected control loop.
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