agent-governancelisted
Install: claude install-skill mouadja02/skills
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# Agent Governance Patterns
Patterns for adding safety, trust, and policy enforcement to AI agent systems.
## Overview
Governance patterns ensure AI agents operate within defined boundaries — controlling which tools they can call, what content they can process, how much they can do, and maintaining accountability through audit trails.
```
User Request → Intent Classification → Policy Check → Tool Execution → Audit Log
↓ ↓ ↓
Threat Detection Allow/Deny Trust Update
```
## When to Use
- **Agents with tool access**: Any agent that calls external tools (APIs, databases, shell commands)
- **Multi-agent systems**: Agents delegating to other agents need trust boundaries
- **Production deployments**: Compliance, audit, and safety requirements
- **Sensitive operations**: Financial transactions, data access, infrastructure management
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## Pattern 1: Governance Policy
Define what an agent is allowed to do as a composable, serializable policy object.
```python
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from enum import Enum
from typing import Optional
import re
class PolicyAction(Enum):
ALLOW = "allow"
DENY = "deny"
REVIEW = "review" # flag for human review
@dataclass
class GovernancePolicy:
"""Declarative policy controlling agen