Resources
Practical tools for teams working with AI agents in regulated environments. Each resource is published alongside an edition of Automate & Elevate.
Six downloadable tools — one per edition — building a complete governance architecture for AI agent deployments. New resources publish every Thursday alongside the newsletter.
AI Agent Pre-Deployment Governance Scorecard
A three-section diagnostic for assessing governance readiness before an agent goes live. Covers boundary definition, accountability assignment, and audit trail structure. Includes maturity tiers and a readiness score.
Agent Boundary Design Template
A five-section template for designing Decision Boundary Contracts. Covers action definition, condition specification, limit setting, edge behavior design, and audit requirements — including the Ambiguity Stress Test and Hard/Soft boundary differentiation.
Oversight Trigger Matrix
A decision matrix that maps risk levels to intervention types. Includes risk assessment criteria (impact, reversibility, regulatory exposure), zone assignment logic, transition triggers, time-to-intervene guidelines, and override protocol templates.
Accountability Canvas
A four-owner mapping grid for multi-agent systems. Assign Boundary Owner, Oversight Owner, Error Response Owner, and Boundary Update Owner before deployment — not after the first failure. Includes an Accountability Gap diagnostic and escalation path template.
Handoff Receipt Template
A structured log record format that captures what each agent did, what it passed on, and what the receiving agent confirmed at handoff. Includes required fields for regulatory review, retention guidance, and a Handoff Integrity checklist for multi-agent chains.
Governed by Design Implementation Playbook
All five governance primitives in one document — Governance Maturity Gap assessment, Decision Boundary Contract template, Oversight Trigger Matrix, Accountability Canvas, and Handoff Receipt schema — plus a phased implementation checklist and a week-by-week deployment guide.
Resources are published alongside each edition — every Thursday on Substack.