Enterprise AI Glossary · Reviewed June 2026
Tool Governance
Scoping which agents may call which tools, under which conditions, with which approval steps.
What is Tool Governance?
Tool governance is where governance becomes operational. An agent that can read documents is one risk profile; one that can modify records or send customer-facing content is another. The orchestrator must enforce scope, not the calling code. See AI Agent Governance.
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