Governance worksheet for agentic AI

Agent Governance Framework Template

This interactive worksheet helps enterprise AI teams define policies, assign roles, and establish workflows for agent governance and safety. Customize your framework for managing AI agents in production with structured input fields, calculators, and a governance readiness score.

Agent governance frameworks are critical for managing risks and ensuring safety when deploying autonomous AI agents. This interactive worksheet guides platform engineering and governance leads through defining key policies, governance roles, and operational workflows.

Complete the inputs to tailor your governance framework. The tool calculates a governance readiness score based on your current policies, role assignments, and process maturity. Use this framework to track gaps and align your agent ecosystem with enterprise compliance requirements.

Inputs: Policy Definitions

Existence of a documented risk assessment policy for AI agents

No policyIn developmentPublished with periodic review

Frequency of AI agent behavior monitoring

Incident response policy for AI agent failures or anomalies

Not definedBasic escalation protocolComprehensive with roles and timelines

Inputs: Governance Roles

Is there an assigned owner responsible for AI agent governance?

No assigned ownerAssigned but roles overlapDedicated AI governance owner

Existence of a dedicated monitoring team for AI agents

No teamAd hoc individualsFormalized monitoring team

Incident responder roles for AI agent issues

Unassigned or reactiveDefined but informalClear role definitions with training

Inputs: Workflow Maturity

Approval workflow for deploying new AI agents

No formal approvalAd hoc team reviewFormal multi-stage approval process

Ongoing audit and compliance workflow for AI agents

No auditsPeriodic manual auditsAutomated, scheduled audits integrated with governance

Incident escalation workflow maturity

NoneDefined with some delaysFast, documented, and tested escalation paths

Result: Governance Readiness Score

Calculate governance readiness

(policyRiskScore + policyMonitoringScore + policyIncidentScore + roleOwnerScore + roleMonitoringScore + roleIncidentScore + workflowDeployScore + workflowAuditScore + workflowEscalationScore) / 9

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Your governance readiness score

Consider strengthening policies, clarifying roles, and tightening workflows to reduce risk exposure.

Next steps

Use this framework as a living document. Regularly update policies, confirm role accountability, and test workflows to stay ahead of governance gaps as your AI agent fleet scales.

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