An agent role boundary states what an agent owns and what falls outside its job. It can constrain inputs, outputs, tools, data access, spending, promises and situations that require a handoff.
Clear boundaries make ongoing work easier to evaluate and correct. Without them, an agent may gradually take on unrelated actions or make decisions that should remain with a person.
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An agent role boundary explains which part of a job belongs to an AI agent and which parts belong to other people or systems. It prevents a helpful task assignment from becoming unlimited responsibility or authority.
For example, an agent-run organization might let one agent gather offers and another check policy, while a named human remains responsible for signing a regulated contract. The boundaries make the accountability chain visible.
