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Onboard Agents Like Hires
Santosh's governance model for AI agents.
How it works
- 1Every agent gets an ID.
- 2Every agent goes through onboarding, just like a new employee.
- 3Every agent is monitored the way a person would be.
- 4Every agent has a named, accountable human owner.
- 5A list of agents is the starting point, not the finish line.
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