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Agent Autonomy Level

Reviewed 9 April 2026 Canonical definition

Agent autonomy level describes how much independent decision-making authority an agent has — from fully supervised (every action approved) to fully autonomous (acts without human checkpoints). Higher autonomy requires stronger governance controls.

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