Governance, guardrails, and operations
Intermediate
DevOps Engineer
Administrator
Developer
Solution Architect
GitHub
This module covered how to design secure and compliant agent governance using GitHub-native controls, human-in-the-loop approvals, and least-privilege access. It also introduced operational safeguards to improve reliability, accountability, and recovery.
Learning objectives
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Define risk-based autonomy and action boundaries for agent systems
- Enforce governance using GitHub-native controls such as rulesets, checks, CODEOWNERS, and environments
- Design human-in-the-loop workflows for high-risk actions
- Control agent capabilities using least-privilege permissions
- Make agent actions observable, traceable, and auditable
- Maintain governance and operational reliability over time
Prerequisites
Before getting started, you should have:
- A GitHub account
- Basic understanding of repositories, branches, and pull requests
- Familiarity with GitHub Actions
- General understanding of agent workflows in GitHub, IDE, or CLI environments