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Control
GOV-02
Edition
v.1.3
Status
Public review

GOV · Governance & Accountability · Critical

GOV-02Agent Behavior Charter

Each agent has a published Agent Behavior Charter documenting intended purpose, authorized scope, permitted tools and data, prohibited actions, escalation paths, and review cadence.

The Behavior Charter is the controlling document for an agent in production. It captures the agent's intended purpose, authorized scope, permitted tools and data sources, prohibited actions, escalation paths, and review cadence. It is the single artifact an assessor reviews first and the document against which all other controls are measured.

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

Table GOV-02.1 · 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.

Charter exists for every production agent, is version-controlled, has been reviewed within the documented cadence, and is referenced by the operating runbook and the pre-deployment test plan.

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

    Charter exists for every production agent, is version-controlled, has been reviewed within the documented cadence, and is referenced by the operating runbook and the pre-deployment test plan.

Table GOV-02.2 · Framework mappings

5 of 7 frameworks carry a control-level reference
NIST AI RMFGOVERN 1.4, MAP 1.1NIST AI Risk Management Framework 1.0
ISO/IEC 42001A.4.2ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · Artificial intelligence management system
OWASP LLM Top 10·OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications
SOC 2 (TSC)CC2.1AICPA Trust Services Criteria for SOC 2 Type II
EU AI ActArt. 9(1), Annex IV(1)EU AI Act · Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
MITRE ATLAS·MITRE ATLAS · Adversarial Threat Landscape for AI Systems
SingaporeMAIGF Internal Governance, AI Verify AccountabilitySingapore 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, GOV-02 Agent Behavior Charter. Public review edition, July 2026. https://humanintel.net/standard/gov/gov-02

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

https://humanintel.net/standard/gov/gov-02

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.