Why This Becomes Necessary
Agents can chain individually low-risk tools into high-impact outcomes unless invocation rules are explicit, versioned, and enforced at runtime.
Safety, Security & Runtime Controls
Tool Policy
Policy control plane for deciding which tools AI agents may invoke, when they may invoke them, and who can override.
Three Pillars
What a Solution Must Provide
A production stack needs policy-as-code, role-scoped override paths, signed decision logs, and deterministic rollback when a policy breach is detected.
Regulatory & Standards Angle
Human-oversight obligations become operational only when each tool call can be paused, explained, and attributed to accountable operators.
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