Context Governance for Agents: Structuring Rules into 4 Policy Types
EcstaticRead9321 · reddit · 2026-08-04
Managing rules across different contexts is a challenge when building AI agents. The author proposes a practical approach to structuring context governance into four buckets:
- Hard Constraints: Absolute rules the agent always checks.
- Task-Specific Procedures: Rules loaded only when triggered by specific conditions.
- Judgment Playbooks: Principles for handling ambiguous situations.
- Underlying Reasoning Framework: The foundational logic shaping how the agent makes decisions.
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