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Governing a Risk Operations Agent with the Microsoft Agent Framework Harness and AGT

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Aug 12, 2026

Combine the Microsoft Agent Framework Harness with the Agent Governance Toolkit (AGT) to build a risk operations agent whose read, write, and delete tools are governed by policy — not just by prompt instructions. Harness exposes the file-operation tools; AGT's .WithGovernance() intercepts each call and enforces allow/deny rules at the execution layer, with every decision logged as an auditable event. The result: even if the agent's instructions change mid-conversation, destructive operations stay blocked.

Introduction I hope you have already found Auditing and Telemetry for the Agent Governance Toolkit - Getting Started with .NET Core. This article demonstrates how you can leverage the Agent Governa...
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