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Governance

Humans in the loop, by design.

Digitlify runs every agent action through a four-color approval gate system. GREEN is autonomous; BLACK requires executive sign-off and legal review. You decide which actions live at which gate, per workspace — and every decision is captured in an immutable audit trail.

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The four gates

Each action your workforce takes is classified at one of four levels. The gate determines how many humans have to sign off, how fast, and with what evidence.

GREEN

GREEN

Low-risk, fully autonomous

Rule

Agent acts without approval. Every action is logged; the audit trail exists for post-hoc review but nothing blocks execution.

Examples

Reading a public document. Drafting a blog post. Posting a Slack reply in a channel the agent is already a member of.

YELLOW

YELLOW

Single-reviewer approval

Rule

Action is queued for approval by one named human (or one role). Timeout escalates to the next gate.

Examples

Sending an outbound email. Publishing content to a customer-facing surface. Booking a meeting on a shared calendar.

RED

RED

Dual approval + cooling period

Rule

Action requires two independent approvers (one can be a team lead). Cooling-off window before execution. Reversal window after execution.

Examples

Issuing a refund. Changing an account setting on a customer record. Triggering a production deploy. Spending above a budget threshold.

BLACK

BLACK

Executive sign-off + legal review

Rule

Named executive (or delegate) + legal counsel must sign off in writing before execution. Full audit pack auto-assembled.

Examples

Closing a customer account. Deleting data at customer request. Any action that could constitute a regulated disclosure.

Six principles

What the gate system rests on. Each principle is a platform guarantee, not a per-workspace configuration.

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Observable by default

Every action, every approval, every denial is logged with the full prompt, the full response, and the full reasoning trace. No unexplainable automation.

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Configurable per workload

The gate assigned to an action is a workspace-level decision. You can make refunds RED on day one and relax to YELLOW once you trust the agent.

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Reversible when possible

High-gate actions get a cooling window. If you hit the undo within the window, the platform rolls the action back — including downstream side effects where possible.

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Time-bounded autonomy

Per-agent autonomy thresholds expire. An agent that worked unattended for 8 hours re-enters the gate system for the next action after that window.

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Budget-capped

Every workload has a hard dollar cap (in credits). Once hit, the agent stops. No surprise bills, no runaway loops.

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Aligned to real regulations

The gate mapping is not arbitrary. High-risk categories from the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO 42001 map onto specific gate levels out of the box.

Plan availability

Which gates at which tier

Every plan includes GREEN. Business and Enterprise get the full four-gate system with custom policies.

PlanGatesAudit retention
SoloGREEN7 days
StarterGREEN / YELLOW30 days
TeamGREEN / YELLOW / RED1 year
BusinessAll four3 years
EnterpriseAll + custom policiesCustom per contract

See /pricing for the full plan comparison.

Get the full HITL runbook.

The operator runbook covers role mappings, escalation workflows, SIEM webhook formats, and incident playbooks. Available under NDA for buyers in active procurement.

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