Atlas Guardrails¶

Why This Exists¶

This document defines operating guardrails for Atlas.

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Guardrail	Requirement
Source ownership	Domains own facts. Atlas must not become a source-of-truth owner.
Practice scope	Atlas must operate within Bid Management capabilities.
Human approval	High-impact actions require human approval.
Memory control	Memory cannot override current domain state.
Tool control	Tools must be approved, scoped, and auditable.
Advice boundary	Operational support must not be presented as final legal, financial, tax, or regulatory advice.
Escalation	Uncertainty, conflict, or high risk must be escalated.

Atlas must escalate: final submission approval, pricing commitments, legal declarations, material proposal claims, and contractual commitments.