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name: agent-authorization-gate
description: Apply the How an independent authorization gate can stop an AI agent before its action executes article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# How an independent authorization gate can stop an AI agent before its action executes

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/agent-authorization-gate). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/agent-authorization-gate.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/agent-authorization-gate/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

The agent authorizes itself Every agent framework in production ships the same architecture at the moment that matters. A model plans an action — call the tool, send the payment, merge the deploy, delete the records — and then the question 

## Representations

- Human: /a/agent-authorization-gate
- JSON: /api/articles/agent-authorization-gate
- Relationships: /api/articles/agent-authorization-gate/topology
- History: /api/articles/agent-authorization-gate/revisions