ARGUS Behavioral Envelope, explained for beginners

ARGUS checks an agent's actual steps against the boundaries it was given and names every breach.

What it is

Permissions say what an agent may do in general. But the danger is in what it actually did, step by step: a support agent that was allowed to search ends up attempting a wire transfer three steps later.

ARGUS writes the agent's boundaries down as an envelope: allowed tools, forbidden tools, allowed kinds of action, a maximum total amount, and the most serious consequence allowed. It then checks the agent's actual sequence of steps against it. Inside the envelope: COMPLIANT. Anything outside: VIOLATION, naming each breach.

An everyday comparison

A delivery driver's route rules: these roads, this much fuel, no motorways. The trip log is checked against the rules, not just the starting permit.

How it works, in 4 steps

1. Define the envelope: tools, action kinds, total amount, maximum consequence.
2. Record the agent's actual steps.
3. ARGUS checks the whole path, adding amounts up across steps.
4. COMPLIANT, or VIOLATION with each breach named.

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Who it is for

Companies that must show their agents stayed inside agreed boundaries: regulated industries, enterprise buyers, insurers.

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