Governance Deep Dive: Hard Boundaries Should Not Depend on Confidence Scores

Hard governance boundaries should be explicit rules, not score thresholds that drift with model behavior or operator optimism.

Confidence can guide attention, but it should not decide whether a forbidden action becomes allowed. Hard boundaries exist because some decisions require certainty, not scoring.

Use hard rules for

• Illegal workflow phases.
• Restricted tools or resources.
• Actions that require human approval before they can proceed.

Use the trust levels, AuthGuardian, and audit schema to define firm policy boundaries.