Agentic Covenants

Identify (ID) · Approval gating

Approval gating at the in agent layer

advisory · Bypassable by language alone

What agents exist, what they touch, what threats they face?

What this cell does

Agent reports last charter signature date, next review due, current charter version on registration. Refuses to start if charter is expired.

Cell notes

Inventory, Approval gating / Self-declared

What this cell records. The agent's report of its charter freshness and its refusal to operate beyond the review window.

Fields

  • - last_charter_review_date
  • - next_review_due
  • - current_charter_version
  • - refuses_to_start_when_expired: true

The agent runtime checks next_review_due at startup. If the date is in the past, registration aborts. The reference daemon at ../../identity/self-declared/agent-register.py implements this check.

Citation

NIST CSF 2.0 ID.IM-01. NIST AI RMF GOVERN 1.5, MAP 4.1.

Crosswalk

NIST CSF 2 0ID.IM-01
NIST AI RMFGOVERN 1.5, MAP 4.1