The Agent Decision-Rights Matrix maps one operational workflow across four permission modes: observe, recommend, act with approval, and act autonomously. For each mode, the workflow owner records the class of work, human owner, evidence required, confidence or risk threshold, escalation path, and review cadence. The worksheet is free, editable in the browser, and printable as a wide one-page operating document.
Every permission mode needs a business outcome owner, an evidence standard, a confidence or risk threshold, an escalation path, and a review cadence. Permission without an exception owner creates approval debt.
An agent decision-rights matrix assigns each class of work one of four permission modes: observe, recommend, act with approval, or act autonomously. Each mode also names the human owner, evidence standard, confidence or risk threshold, escalation path, and review cadence.
Observe means the system reads work and records evidence while every decision stays human. Recommend means it proposes a decision with evidence. Act with approval means a named human must approve execution. Act autonomously means it can act inside explicit thresholds while exceptions move to a named human.
A named operator with the authority and context to make the final call should own each exception class. The owner must be reachable through a defined escalation path and accountable for reviewing overrides on a fixed cadence.
Yes. The editable worksheet and wide one-page print version are free. Worksheet text stays in the browser unless the user chooses to request a review, and that request sends only completion counts.