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By Desmond Otieno Odhiambo
A philanthropist's murder. An unsettling trail of money and influence. Step inside the unaltered opening of a political conspiracy thriller in this special ClearGlass Insights feature.
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Political thriller / Conspiracy thriller
A shadowy cabal plans a public execution of a nonprofit CEO. One general, one analyst, and one insider must steal the ledger that can bring them down—before the clock hits zero.
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---
layout: post
title: "Risk Router Pattern for Governed AI Agents"
categories: [governed-ai, autonomous-agents]
tags: [policy-as-code, evals, approvals, audit]
series: "Governed Autonomy Playbooks"
excerpt: "A practical design for routing AI actions by risk, confidence, and approval state."
---
{% include callout.html type="research-note" %}
Confidence is not permission. Route high-impact actions through human approval.
{% include diagram.html id="risk-router" %}
```python
if action.impact >= HIGH or confidence < 0.82:
require_human_approval(action)
else:
execute_with_audit(action)
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