FIRST PUBLIC USE
March 20, 2026
- What it is
- The single artifact that carries an agent's purpose, permitted actions, explicit prohibitions, data scope, accountable people, review triggers, and a signature that predates production.
- What it is not
- Not a change ticket, not an intake form, and not a deployment approval. Those record that something was done. This records that someone accepted it.
- The evidence it produces
- Itself. An undated one is worth nothing as evidence of prior authorization.
- Who is accountable
- The named signer, until the authorization is renewed, narrowed, or withdrawn. A successor acquires the role by transfer and the accountability only by signing again.
- The examination question it answers
- Show me the record of a named human being who understood this scope, weighed it, and accepted it before the agent went to production.