Governed Autonomy

Governed autonomy answers the question every team asks before letting an agent act for it: what can this thing do without me? Instead of one switch for the whole agent, each kind of action gets its own setting. Drafting can run freely because a draft cannot hurt anyone. Publishing, sending and spending wait for a person by default, and the person decides, action by action, how much of that waiting to give up.

The settings usually run in three steps. Ask me: every item waits for a yes. A veto window: the item goes out after a set time unless someone cancels it, which suits actions that can be undone or that fade. Runs on its own: the action no longer waits, and is granted only after a streak of approvals nobody had to correct. Actions with money, accounts or commitments attached stay on ask for good, and a spike in complaints or bounces sends an action back to asking.

The model exists because the failures are known. Agents left alone have run tests nobody authorized and made promises nobody approved, and buyers already doubt what AI tells them. Governed autonomy keeps a person on what leaves the building without making them approve every draft forever. It is how marketinque runs, and the live rules are published on the trust page.