Every layer has a job, owner, control and evidence.

Define the operational boundary before automation begins.

ControlNamed trigger, scope, stop condition, and accountable process owner.

Register source, provenance, access boundary, and usable payload.

ControlSource allowlist, schema checks, access policy, and provenance capture.

Apply only the model capability required by the process.

ControlCapability boundary, model policy, confidence threshold, and fallback.

Turn capability into versioned operating logic.

ControlVersioned instructions, tool allowlist, constraints, and test fixtures.

Place the candidate inside reliable software boundaries.

ControlTyped contracts, isolation, timeouts, idempotency, and error handling.

Resolve system-of-record context without uncontrolled write access.

ControlLeast privilege, read/write separation, credential scope, and retries.

Route the candidate through owners, exceptions, and service rules.

ControlExplicit states, assignment rules, deadlines, and exception routes.

Test the proposed result before any operational action.

ControlDeterministic rules, eval criteria, exception thresholds, and evidence pack.

Reserve the consequential decision for an accountable person.

ControlApprove, Reject, or Escalate only; no automatic release or silent default.

Execute only the approved action inside a controlled boundary.

ControlApproval token, write scope, idempotency, rollback path, and release receipt.

Observe execution, outcome, exceptions, and service health.

ControlHealth signals, exception alerts, service thresholds, and incident route.

Close the loop with reviewed evidence, not autonomous self-modification.

ControlHuman-owned review, versioning, regression tests, and controlled release.