Challenges: AI Models Ignoring Procedures

AI models frequently deviated from defined procedures during multi-step workflows – skipping required checks, proposing invalid actions, or attempting to proceed without explicit human authorization despite clear instructions.

Specific problem: Non-deterministic procedure adherence.

Models would take shortcuts, ignore risk limits, or bypass approval gates during research → proposal → execution flows, breaking the audit trail even when human oversight was perfect.

How we solved it: Deterministic enforcement layer

Built a hard compliance gate that operates outside the model reasoning loop:

1. Schema validation on every output
   All model outputs must pass structured validation before advancing to next step.

2. Pre-action veto mechanism
   Independent enforcement layer rejects any proposal violating procedures, regardless of model creativity.

3. Human command binding
   Execution triggers only on explicit human authorization phrases, cryptographically bound to session context.

Result: Models can reason freely, but cannot bypass procedure.

Key Insight: In agent economies, compliance must be architectural, not behavioural.