AGDA™ measures Intervention Readiness.
A deterministic assessment of whether an organisation can detect, escalate, decide and intervene before harm becomes irreversible. Same inputs, same result. Signed for independent verification.
An instrument, not a governance framework.
Audit tells you whether a control existed. Model risk tells you whether a model behaves. Governance reviews tell you whether responsibilities have been assigned. None of those, by itself, tells you whether humans can still intervene inside the time available.
That is Intervention Readiness: the measured capability to detect, escalate, decide and intervene before harm becomes irreversible.
One question. One signed verdict.
AGDA™ measures the intervention chain, Detect to Escalate to Decide to Intervene, against a reversibility window. It returns one of three states, signed so a regulator, audit committee or internal assurance team can confirm it independently.
- 01 Before impact Intervention completes in time. The window stays open.
- 02 At risk Completes within a margin ordinary pressure can erode.
- 03 After impact Intervention lands too late. The window has closed.
What an assessment delivers.
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Failure Exposure Report
Written at three audience layers: board, risk function, and engineering. The same evidence, read by each level it has to convince.
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Intervention-readiness verdict
Before impact, at risk, or after impact. One determination, bound to the conditions observed and the reversibility window assessed.
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Regulator bundle
Signed JSON. Ed25519 against a locked engine hash. A regulator can verify it without contacting us.
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Attestation envelope
Engine version, input hash, output hash, key id, timestamp, signature. The audit trail that makes the verdict defensible later.
What AGDA™ is not.
Not a maturity model
No five-point scale that always lands at three. The verdict answers the only question that matters: does the chain complete in time.
Not a controls checklist
Existence of a control is not evidence it works under pressure. AGDA™ measures demonstrated capability, not documented intent.
Not our opinion
The engine is deterministic. Same inputs, same outputs. The verdict does not move because the assessor changed.
Frequently asked questions.
- What does AGDA™ measure?
- AGDA™ measures Intervention Readiness: whether an organisation can detect, escalate, decide and intervene before harm becomes irreversible.
- Is AGDA™ an AI governance framework?
- No. AGDA™ is not an AI governance framework. It measures whether governance can actually intervene when required.
- How does AGDA™ produce a verdict?
- AGDA™ evaluates evidence across Detect, Escalate, Decide and Intervene, applies deterministic rules, and returns a signed verdict.
- How is AGDA™ related to Intervention Readiness?
- Intervention Readiness is the category. AGDA™ is the deterministic assessment instrument that measures it.
From measurement to engagement.
The commercial unit is the assessment, not the seat. Before that, inspect the evidence format and the measurement basis.