What is an agent audit trail?

Definition

An artificial intelligence agent audit trail preserves evidence about what an agent did and under which authority. Records can include the immutable identity, prompt and policy versions, requested targets, approvals, tool responses and resulting state changes.

Auditability supports incident investigation, compliance and evaluation. Logs should be tamper-resistant, access-controlled and connected across child processes so a reviewer can reconstruct one complete run.

Acronyms and aliases

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Frequently asked questions

What should an AI agent audit trail record?

It should record identity, authority, inputs, actions, targets, approvals, timestamps, results and relevant policy versions.

Why link child processes into the same audit trail?

Delegated actions can affect the same outcome, so the full causal run must remain traceable across process boundaries.

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