The 30 Principles for Agentic Engineering — Part 4: Governance and Safety
Principles 21–25. The governance and safety layer: strictKnownMarketplaces, no goal-conflict prompts, quarterly AppSec, four telemetry signals, monthly incident discipline.
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Principles 21–25. The governance and safety layer: strictKnownMarketplaces, no goal-conflict prompts, quarterly AppSec, four telemetry signals, monthly incident discipline.
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