Where you actually are — not where the vendor ecosystem says you should be. Place your organisation on the ladder, filter risk per agent, and get a specific governance prescription, including what to skip.
The progression: checklist → register → framework → operating model. Each stage includes the previous. The mistake at every transition is either jumping ahead or staying behind.
0–2 agents. Nothing customer-facing. One hour to set up. Thirty minutes a week to maintain.
2–10 agents, some touching customer data. Test: can you answer "what models are we using?" in under five minutes?
10+ agents, agent-to-agent interactions, material API costs. Now — and only now — you need a governance framework.
Agents as core business infrastructure. The registry is no longer a record — it's a strategic asset.
The maturity ladder tells you what governance infrastructure your organisation has available. This filter tells you how much of it to activate for any individual agent. Four dimensions. Governance investment is justified when an agent scores high on two or more.
If this agent fails or hallucinates, what is the worst realistic outcome?
Can you undo what the agent did? A draft is different from a sent email, which is different from an executed transaction.
What category of data does this agent access or process?
How often does it act? How fast do errors compound before anyone notices?
"AI governance" means different things to consulting firms, regulators, and the people actually deploying AI. At the practical level — what a CAIO or COO actually has to build and maintain — it breaks down into eight areas. Click any card to see what it means at each stage.
The deployment checklist, the deployment register, the governance framework — these aren't different things. They're the same eight governance areas, documented at increasing depth. Pick your stage to see what your governance artefact should actually contain.
These checklists are illustrative guides only — not professional, legal, regulatory, or compliance advice. The appropriate governance for your organisation depends on your specific circumstances. Consult a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation.
Answer honestly about where you are today, not where you want to be. The tool places you on the maturity ladder and generates a specific governance prescription — including what to skip.
Answer for your current state — not your aspirations. Takes around 5 minutes.
If your prescription raised more questions than it answered, a short conversation with Kate is enough to work out what's actually next for your organisation.