Board-Ready Governance Artifacts
Structured templates for demonstrating ACR conformance to boards, auditors, and third-party assessors. Each artifact maps directly to ACR Standard v1.0.1 requirements.
How to Use These Artifacts
- 1.Download or copy the template for the artifact you need
- 2.Fill in organization-specific details (bracketed fields)
- 3.Attach evidence references linking to your implementation
- 4.Use the completed artifacts as part of your conformance assessment or board reporting package
Agent System Card
P1 - Identity & Purpose BindingProvides a structured, board-readable summary of an agent's identity, purpose, capabilities, constraints, and risk classification. Required for Level 2+ conformance as the authoritative agent record.
Escalation Authority Matrix
P6 - Human AuthorityDefines who may approve which categories of actions, delegation limits, backup approvers, and timeout behavior. Required by §20 for Level 3 conformance.
Risk Acceptance Memo
Cross-PillarDocuments explicit acceptance of residual risk when an agent is deployed with known control gaps or reduced conformance scope. Provides audit trail for risk-based decisions.
Incident Evidence Bundle Manifest
P4 - Execution Observability / P5 - ContainmentDefines the required contents of an ACR incident evidence bundle. Used to reconstruct any incident end-to-end from exported evidence, as required by Level 3 conformance.
Containment Drill Report
P5 - Self-Healing & ContainmentTemplate for quarterly kill-switch and safe-state testing required by §19. Documents test execution, timing, outcomes, and remediation of any failures.
Vendor Assessment Questionnaire
Cross-PillarStructured questionnaire for evaluating third-party AI agent vendors or platforms against ACR conformance requirements. Maps each question to specific ACR standard sections.