Glossary

Guardrails

Guardrails are technical and process limits that keep agents inside allowed behaviour: tool allowlists, data scopes, output filters, rate limits, and escalation paths. They complement human approval — they do not replace clear ownership of who may change the rules.

Why it matters to your operation

Guardrails make "governed" concrete in the runtime, not only in a policy PDF.

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