feat(governance): Implement agentic system governance

[adwiteeymauriya]

Description

As autonomous agents take on more operational duties, governance must manage agent-to-agent communication, task orchestration, and decision delegation.

Governance Concerns

Agent Identity

• Agent authentication and verification
• Capability attestation (what can this agent do?)
• Trust scoring per agent
• Agent lifecycle management

Delegation Rules

• What can agents delegate to other agents?
• Delegation chains and depth limits
• Authority limits and escalation
• Accountability tracking across delegation

Communication Governance

• Message validation between agents
• Information flow control
• Cross-agent audit trails
• Secure agent-to-agent channels

Orchestration Oversight

• Workflow approval gates
• Coordination policies
• Collective decision bounds
• Multi-agent consensus requirements

Implementation

type AgentGovernance struct {
    identity    AgentIdentityService
    delegation  DelegationRuleEngine
    comms       CommunicationGovernor
    orchestrator OrchestratorOversight
}

func (g *AgentGovernance) AuthorizeAction(
    agent Agent,
    action Action,
    context Context,
) (*AuthorizationResult, error) {
    // Verify agent identity
    if err := g.identity.Verify(agent); err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    
    // Check delegation rules if delegated
    if action.IsDelegated {
        if err := g.delegation.Validate(action.DelegationChain); err != nil {
            return nil, err
        }
    }
    
    // Apply communication governance
    if action.RequiresCommunication {
        if err := g.comms.Validate(agent, action.Target, action.Message); err != nil {
            return nil, err
        }
    }
    
    // Check orchestration rules
    return g.orchestrator.Authorize(agent, action, context)
}

API Design

POST /api/v1/governance/agents/register
GET /api/v1/governance/agents/{agent_id}
POST /api/v1/governance/agents/{agent_id}/authorize
GET /api/v1/governance/agents/{agent_id}/audit
POST /api/v1/governance/delegation/validate
GET /api/v1/governance/orchestration/status

Acceptance Criteria

• Agent identity management implemented
• Delegation chain validation
• Communication governance rules
• Orchestration oversight gates
• Agent audit trails
• Trust scoring for agents
• Multi-agent workflow approval