Agent Governance

Systems built into human-agent and agent-to-agent interactions that provide oversight, approval queues, cost tracking, and audit trails.

Google's research argues that governance systems need to be built into both human-agent and agent-to-agent interactions. This isn't optional -- it's structural. Without governance, you get autonomous agents making decisions nobody approved, spending money nobody tracked, and taking actions nobody can audit.

steadybase has governance built into the OS layer. The AgentActivity dashboard shows what every agent is doing in real-time. Approval queues catch decisions that need a human. Cost tracking breaks down spending per agent per day. The audit log captures every action.

RollCall's critique loop is a governance mechanism: Gemini QA checks video output, with a maximum of 3 revision loops before escalating to human review. This is agent-to-agent governance with a human backstop.