Governance Plane — Rules That Guide All Decisions¶

Purpose¶

The Governance Plane ensures that every automated decision on the platform respects constraints, safety rules, and operator preferences. It stores policies, validates them before activation, and provides an AI-powered conversational interface for policy creation. No Intelligence Plane service acts without consulting Governance first.

Services¶

Service	Responsibility	Detail
Policy Service	Policy storage, serving, and enforcement	Central policy authority consulted by all decision-making services
Policy Validator	Pre-activation validation	Conflict detection, safety checks, deadlock prevention, coverage gaps
AI Policy Agent	Conversational policy creation	Translates user intent into formal policies through natural dialogue

Policy Hierarchy¶

Enforcement order (higher levels cannot be overridden by lower):

Platform defaults (safety, physics, hard limits)
    │ cannot be overridden
    ▼
App-defined policies (developer presets)
    │ can be customized within bounds
    ▼
User-defined policies (via AI Policy Agent)
    │ validated before activation
    ▼
Active policy set (what actually governs decisions)

AI Policy Agent Architecture¶

The Agent is domain-agnostic at its core. Each application registers a Domain Policy Schema that provides the domain knowledge the Agent needs:

Platform provides:              App injects:
├─ Conversational engine        ├─ Domain ontology (entities, actions)
├─ Policy syntax understanding  ├─ Domain constraints
├─ Validation logic             ├─ Available strategies
└─ Common concepts              └─ Example policies / best practices
    (devices, zones, time)

Two operating modes:

Creation mode — help users set up new policies through conversation
Audit mode — explain current policies, simulate “what would happen if…” scenarios

Data Ownership¶

Data	Owner	Consumers
Policy definitions (all tiers)	Policy Service	Intelligence Plane, Applications
Validation results, conflict reports	Policy Validator	Policy Service, Admin UI
Domain Policy Schemas	Applications (registered)	AI Policy Agent
Conversation history, policy drafts	AI Policy Agent	Policy Service (on activation)