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Control
ACT-03
Edition
v.1.3
Status
Public review

ACT · Action & Tool Use Controls · Critical

ACT-03Pre-execution review

Actions classified as irreversible or high-impact, including financial transactions, deletions, external communications, permission changes, and public publishing, require pre-execution review.

For irreversible actions (deletions, financial transfers, customer-facing communications above a threshold, permission changes, public publishing), the agent does not act unilaterally. A pre-execution review, either by a human reviewer or by a deterministic policy engine, must clear the action before it executes. Confirmation binding across multi-agent chains is governed by MAS-03.

(Critical)A Critical failure precludes HI-AAF Certification regardless of the maturity level achieved on any other control.

Table ACT-03.1 · Maturity criteria · v.1.3

L1 to L5 · the lowest level in scope caps the agent
L1Ad hoc

Controls exist informally; documentation is incomplete; no consistent review.

L2Documented

Controls are written down; ownership is assigned; review cadence is defined.

L3Operated

Controls are followed in practice; evidence is collected; deviations are tracked.

Pre-execution review is enforced for all action categories classified as irreversible or high-impact; review records exist; the threshold and action classification are documented and reviewed at a documented cadence.

L4Measured

Control effectiveness is measured against documented thresholds; trends are reported.

L5Continuously Improved

Controls evolve based on incident learning; maturity gains are evidenced over time.

The v1.3 edition publishes a control-specific criterion at L3 (Operated). The other levels apply the general ladder to this control; see the maturity ladder.

Evidence an assessor asks for

  1. E.1

    Pre-execution review is enforced for all action categories classified as irreversible or high-impact.

  2. E.2

    Review records exist.

  3. E.3

    The threshold and action classification are documented and reviewed at a documented cadence.

Table ACT-03.2 · Framework mappings

7 of 7 frameworks carry a control-level reference
NIST AI RMFMANAGE 2.3NIST AI Risk Management Framework 1.0
ISO/IEC 42001A.8.5ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · Artificial intelligence management system
OWASP LLM Top 10LLM08OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications
SOC 2 (TSC)CC7.1, CC8.1AICPA Trust Services Criteria for SOC 2 Type II
EU AI ActArt. 14(4)EU AI Act · Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
MITRE ATLASImpactMITRE ATLAS · Adversarial Threat Landscape for AI Systems
SingaporeMAIGF Operations Management, AI Verify Human Agency & OversightSingapore Model AI Governance Framework / AI Verify / PDPA

Mappings are directional: meeting this control evidences but does not by itself satisfy the external requirement. A middle dot means no control-level reference is published at this edition; see the crosswalk.

Related controls and terms

Cite this control

Human Intelligence. HI-AAF v1.3, ACT-03 Pre-execution review. Public review edition, July 2026. https://humanintel.net/standard/act/act-03

Edition v.1.3 · July 2026 · Public review · Markdown · PDF

https://humanintel.net/standard/act/act-03

Notice

HI-AAF v1.3 is an independent framework published by Human Intelligence. It is not affiliated with NIST, ISO, AICPA, or any government or accreditation body. The framework is offered openly for review during the current draft cycle.