What is the runtime authority problem?

It is the gap between the moment an AI action is approved (T0) and the moment it executes (T1). Budgets, policy versions, delegation depth, credentials, and agent capability manifests can all change in that window, making the original approval no longer representative of the conditions at execution.

How is Authority Continuity different from an approval workflow?

An approval workflow decides once. Authority Continuity re-evaluates the conditions that justified that decision inside the request path at execution time, and refuses or re-routes when they have drifted.

What happens to autonomous agents that never pass an approval queue?

They are covered by standing authority contracts: expirable, scoped grants with a spend ceiling, delegation-depth limit, credential generation, policy version, and capability-manifest fingerprint that are re-checked on every call.

Does turning this on break existing traffic?

No. Contracts default to observe mode, which records what would have been refused without affecting any call. Operators promote to require-approval or block once they have seen the real impact.

The Intent Enforcement Layer for AI Execution — Pre-Execution Enforcement & Deposition-Proof Decision State IDs

AI Cost Ops — The Intent Enforcement Layer for AI Execution

The named anti-pattern we prevent: the AI-as-Conclusion failure — when a probabilistic AI output is treated as a deterministic conclusion with no verified human binding their identity to the decision at T=0. The same failure pattern in wrongful facial-recognition arrests and in autonomous agent breaches. Enforced across four tiers: Copilot Governance Starter $149/mo (M365 read-mostly + ACS pulse), Copilot Governance Pro $499/mo (M365 write/config + Engineered Action Gates), AI Proxy Pro Operator $549/mo (8/8 layers logged on any LLM), AI Proxy Agency Operator $1,099/mo (8/8 layers blocking + multi-tenant). Copilot Pro $499 and AI Proxy Pro Operator $549 are different products at different prices.

Three imperatives for deploying AI in high-stakes environments: (1) probabilistic output is not proof — a similarity score, model confidence, or ranked suggestion is a lead, never an identification; (2) accountability gaps are not neutral — the absence of an enforced policy on AI a team actively relies on is itself a governance failure; (3) constitutional and regulatory thresholds apply to algorithms — probable cause, due process, and EU AI Act tiering do not relax because the actor is a model. AI systems cannot be sworn in, cross-examined, or held accountable on a witness stand — a Decision State ID is the cryptographic substitute, chain-linked, timestamped, and reconstructable in deposition.

Every AI action passes through 8 pre-execution gates that allow, pause, or block it against declared intent, capability, identity, and policy — before a token is generated. Decision State IDs prove what happened. Cost control (typically 20–40% spend reduction) is the byproduct.

Hard Budget Caps — Block API calls that exceed your per-client or per-model budget before tokens generate.
Tool & Action Governance — Approve, block, or audit every AI tool call before execution with Decision State IDs.
MCP Protocol Governance — Govern MCP tool calls under the same enforcement layer with audit proof.
Decision State IDs — Every enforcement action gets a unique, tamper-evident audit ID for compliance evidence.
AI Cost Proxy ($549 / $1,099) — Route, cache, and enforce AI spend across OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, and any LLM API.
Copilot Governance ($149) — Distinct product. Governs Microsoft 365 Copilot surface (oversharing, prompt abuse, sensitivity labels). 5 of 7 enforcement layers.
8 Pre-Execution Gates — Admissibility, Engineered Approval Gates, EU AI Act Tier Classifier (Tier 1–4), Intent Declaration Registry, Behavioral Drift Detection, Three-Decision Verdict (ALLOW / REQUIRE_APPROVAL / BLOCK), In-Execution Constraints on running agents, and Authorization Confidence Scoring (ACS).
Compliance Evidence — EU AI Act mapping, ISO/IEC 42001 exports, and cross-region data residency enforcement.

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