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Baseline Behaviour (Agent)

Reviewed 9 April 2026 Canonical definition

A baseline behaviour is the characterised normal operating pattern of an AI agent — the typical distribution of tool calls, token consumption, response latencies, error rates, and data access patterns observed during a reference period. Establishing a baseline is a prerequisite for anomaly detection: deviations from baseline trigger investigation because they may indicate compromise, misconfiguration, or policy violation.