Authorization Is the Other Half of Executable Intent
Evals Made Intent Executable for Verification. A Mission Makes It Executable for Authorization.
Microsoft’s ASSERT compiles written behavior requirements into executable evaluations. Runtime evaluators can also block proposed actions, request evidence, or trigger escalation. A favorable judgment still cannot independently establish or expand an agent’s authority. The mission supplies that task boundary: a shaper proposes, a trusted authority validates and narrows, an approver signs off, and enforcement checks each consequential action against current authority. One approved mission can drive authorization rules, runtime behavioral checks, and retrospective evaluation, while a separate shaping-quality check asks whether the boundary matched the user’s intent in the first place.