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Glossary

Approval boundary

The line between what intelligence may do alone and what a person must approve.

Definition

A written rule attached to a role or workflow that states which actions proceed automatically, which require review, and who the named approver is. Approval boundaries are configured per deployment rather than assumed.

See also

Related terms

  • Governed execution

    Work that runs automatically inside explicit rules, permissions and approvals.

  • AI role

    A scoped intelligence function defined like a job, not a chatbot.

Put the vocabulary to work

An Architecture Assessment documents how these concepts apply to your systems, data and decision rights, and produces a blueprint, roadmap and quote.