# agent-governance

> Claude/Codex skill by [@github](https://omgskills.com/library/github/index.md) · 37k stars · Updated 2026-08-01

Patterns and techniques for adding governance, safety, and trust controls to AI agent systems. Use this skill when: - Building AI agents that call external tools (APIs, databases, file systems) - Implementing policy-based access controls for agent tool usage - Adding semantic intent classification to detect dangerous prompts - Creating trust scoring systems for multi-agent workflows - Building audit trails for agent actions and decisions - Enforcing rate limits, content filters, or tool restrictions on agents - Working with any agent framework (PydanticAI, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents, LangChain, AutoGen)

Tags: agent-skills, agents, ai, awesome, custom-agents, github-copilot, hacktoberfest, prompt-engineering

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot /tmp/awesome-copilot && ln -s /tmp/awesome-copilot/skills/agent-governance ~/.claude/skills/agent-governance
```

## From README

Agent Governance Patterns Patterns for adding safety, trust, and policy enforcement to AI agent systems. Overview Governance patterns ensure AI agents operate within defined boundaries — controlling which tools they can call, what content they can process, how much they can do, and maintaining accountability through audit trails. When to Use Agents with tool access: Any agent that calls external tools (APIs, databases, shell commands) Multi-agent systems: Agents delegating to other agents need trust boundaries Production deployments: Compliance, audit, and safety requirements Sensitive operations: Financial transactions, data access, infrastructure management --- Pattern 1: Governance Policy Define what an agent is allowed to do as a composable, serializable policy object.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/github/awesome-copilot/skills/agent-governance/
- GitHub: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot
- Author: [@github](https://omgskills.com/library/github/index.md)

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