# Agent release governance kit

Use this kit to make agentic releases reviewable. Agent behavior changes when prompts, tools, models, retrieval, policies, memory, and approval thresholds change. Treat those changes as production releases.

## Release classes

- Low-impact behavior changes with no new tool authority.
- Retrieval or prompt changes that alter answer boundaries or refusal behavior.
- Tool-authority changes that can create side effects.
- Policy or approval changes that affect who must review an action.
- Model-routing changes that alter cost, latency, or reliability profile.

## Control standard

Every production-impacting change needs an owner, evaluation evidence, rollback path, approval record, and residual-risk decision.