agent-self-governance

· v1.1.0

High Risk

"Self-governance protocol for autonomous agents: WAL (Write-Ahead Log), VBR (Verify Before Reporting), ADL (Anti-Divergence Limit), VFM (Value-For-Money), and IKL (Infrastructure Knowledge Logging). Use when: (1) receiving a user correction — log it before responding, (2) making an important decision or analysis — log it before continuing, (3) pre-compaction memory flush — flush the working buffer to WAL, (4) session start — replay unapplied WAL entries to restore lost context, (5) any time you want to ensure something survives compaction, (6) before claiming a task is done — verify it, (7) periodic self-check — am I drifting from my persona? (8) cost tracking — was that expensive operation worth it? (9) discovering infrastructure — log hardware/service specs immediately."

H:4 D:4 A:3 C:1

⚠️ Hazard Flags

EXEC FS_READ_WORKSPACE FS_READ_USER FS_WRITE_WORKSPACE FS_WRITE_USER FS_WRITE_SYSTEM FS_DELETE CREDS_ENV CREDS_FILES ACT_POST_PUBLIC

📋 Capabilities

Execution

✅ Shell execution
❌ Code execution
❌ Install dependencies
❌ Persistence
Privilege: user

Filesystem

✅ Read workspace
✅ Write workspace
✅ Read home
✅ Write home
❌ Read system
✅ Delete

Network

Egress: none
❌ Ingress

Credentials

✅ Environment vars
✅ Credential files
❌ Browser data
❌ Keychain

Actions

❌ send messages✅ post public❌ purchase❌ transfer money❌ deploy❌ delete external

🔒 Containment

Level: maximum

Required:

APPROVE_POST: Can post publicly
SANDBOX_CONTAINER: Code execution capability

Recommended:

LOG_ACTIONS: Audit trail for all actions

⚡ Risks

SSH key access patterns in: SKILL.md high

Mitigation: Verify legitimate need for SSH access. Consider sandboxing.

Command injection risk: COMMAND_INJECTION_SHELL_TRUE high

Mitigation: Use shell=False and pass commands as lists

Social engineering indicators: SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION low

Mitigation: Provide clear, detailed description of skill functionality

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🚨 Incident Response

Kill switch: Stop the agent process

Containment: Review logs for unexpected actions

Recovery: Depends on skill capabilities

📄 Raw SSDS JSON click to expand

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