agent-governance

agent-governance is an open-source backend skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by github. Its author describes it as: “Patterns and techniques for adding governance, safety, and trust controls to AI agent systems. Use this skill when: - Building AI agents that call external tools (APIs, databases, file systems) - Implementing policy-b…”. The project has 38k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/agent-governance`.

What agent-governance does

Patterns for adding safety, trust, and policy enforcement to AI agent systems.

Installation

Add agent-governance to your agent with:

git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/agent-governance

Always review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.

What's inside

The SKILL.md for agent-governance is organised into these sections:

• Overview
• When to Use
• Pattern 1: Governance Policy
• Policy Composition
• Policy as YAML
• Pattern 2: Semantic Intent Classification
• Pattern 3: Tool-Level Governance Decorator
• Pattern 4: Trust Scoring
• Pattern 5: Audit Trail
• Pattern 6: Framework Integration
• PydanticAI
• CrewAI

When to use it

Reach for agent-governance when you want backend help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.

Strengths

• Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
• Ships in github/awesome-copilot, an established project with 37,982 GitHub stars
• Actively maintained (recent commits)

Topics

Frequently asked questions

What does agent-governance do?

Patterns and techniques for adding governance, safety, and trust controls to AI agent systems. Use this skill when: - Building AI agents that call external tools (APIs, databases, file systems) - Implementing policy-based access controls for agent tool usage - Adding semantic intent classification to detect dangerous prompts - Creating trust scoring systems for multi-agent workflows - Building audit trails for agent actions and decisions - Enforcing rate limits, content filters, or tool restrictions on agents - Working with any agent framework (PydanticAI, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents, LangChain, AutoGen)

How do I install agent-governance?

Run git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/agent-governance in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot before installing.

Is agent-governance free to use?

Yes. agent-governance is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.

Where does agent-governance come from?

agent-governance ships inside github/awesome-copilot, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 37,982 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.