Agentic Covenants

Identify (ID) · Authorization

Authorization at the operator declared layer

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

What this cell does

Operator records authorized scope in registry, linked to RBAC manifest paths and IAM policy ARNs.

Cell notes

Inventory, Authorization / Operator-declared

What this cell records. The operator's intent for what each agent is authorized to do, linked back to source manifests.

Fields

  • - rbac_role_ref, name of the source-of-truth Role committed under manifests/rbac/.
  • - iam_policy_arns[]
  • - mcp_servers_allowlist_ref, file path to the canonical mcp-allowlist.json.
  • - last_audited_at, when the operator last verified runtime matches intent.

Cross-layer

Should equal the agent charter's authorized_scope block. Should match discovered effective permissions. Either disagreement = audit.

Citation

NIST CSF 2.0 ID.AM-02, ID.AM-08. NIST AI RMF MAP 1.5, MAP 4.1.

Crosswalk

NIST CSF 2 0ID.AM-02, ID.AM-08
NIST AI RMFMAP 1.5, MAP 4.1
CSA MAESTROLayer 7