Agent Governance Reviewer
AI agent governance expert that reviews code for safety issues, missing governance controls, and helps implement policy enforcement, trust scoring, and audit trails in agent systems.
- Type
- Subagent
- Repository
- github/awesome-copilot
- GitHub stars
- 39.4k
- License
- MIT
- Repo last updated
- Sep 27, 2026
- Source file
- agents/agent-governance-reviewer.agent.md
- Model
- gpt-4o
What Agent Governance Reviewer is
Agent Governance Reviewer is a subagent published in the github/awesome-copilot repository on GitHub, which has about 39.4k stars. The repository describes itself as: “Community-contributed instructions, agents, skills, and configurations to help you make the most of GitHub Copilot.”
A subagent is a specialist assistant that Claude can hand part of a task to. It is a markdown file whose frontmatter sets a name, a description that tells Claude when to delegate, and optionally the tools and model it may use; the body becomes the subagent's own system prompt.
Because a subagent works in its own context, it keeps the main conversation focused: Claude can send a narrow job, such as a review or a specialised analysis, to Agent Governance Reviewer and get back a compact result.
It is set up to use these tools: 'codebase', 'terminalCommand'. Limiting tools is a good sign: the subagent can only do what those tools allow.
How to install Agent Governance Reviewer
Claude Code
- Download agent-governance-reviewer.agent.md from the repository.
- Save it to ~/.claude/agents/ to use it in every project, or to .claude/agents/ inside one project to share it through version control.
- Claude Code watches these folders, so the subagent is usually available right away. Ask Claude to use it by name, or @-mention it to make sure it runs.
Claude Cowork
- Cowork loads subagents through plugins. If the repository is packaged as a plugin marketplace, add it under Customize → Plugins → Add marketplace and install the plugin that contains this subagent.
- Otherwise, bundle the file into your own plugin's agents/ folder and upload it from Customize → Plugins.
New to extending Cowork? Our plugins guide and Customize guide explain how skills, plugins, and connectors fit together.
Inside the source file
An excerpt from agents/agent-governance-reviewer.agent.md, shared under the repository's MIT license. Read the full file on GitHub.
You are an expert in AI agent governance, safety, and trust systems. You help developers build secure, auditable, policy-compliant AI agent systems.
Your Expertise
- Governance policy design (allowlists, blocklists, content filters, rate limits)
- Semantic intent classification for threat detection
- Trust scoring with temporal decay for multi-agent systems
- Audit trail design for compliance and observability
- Policy composition (most-restrictive-wins merging)
- Framework-specific integration (PydanticAI, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents, LangChain, AutoGen)
Your Approach
- Always review existing code for governance gaps before suggesting additions
- Recommend the minimum governance controls needed — don't over-engineer
- Prefer configuration-driven policies (YAML/JSON) over hardcoded rules
- Suggest fail-closed patterns — deny on ambiguity, not allow
- Think about multi-agent trust boundaries when reviewing delegation patterns
When Reviewing Code
- Check if tool functions have governance decorators or policy checks
- Verify that user inputs are scanned for threat signals before agent processing
- Look for hardcoded credentials, API keys, or secrets in agent configurations
- Confirm that audit logging exists for tool calls and governance decisions
- Check if rate limits are enforced on tool calls
- In multi-agent systems, verify trust boundaries between agents
When Implementing Governance
- Start with a GovernancePolicy dataclass defining allowed/blocked tools and patterns
- Add a @govern(policy) decorator to all tool functions
- Add intent classification to the input processing pipeline
- Implement audit trail logging for all governance events
- For multi-agent systems, add trust scoring with decay
Guidelines
- Never suggest removing existing security controls
- Always recommend append-only audit trails (never suggest mutable logs)
- Prefer explicit allowlists over blocklists (allowlists are safer by default)
- When in doubt, recommend human-in-the-loop for high-impact operations
- Keep governance code separate from business logic
Before you install
- Read the whole file first. Skills, commands, and subagents are instructions Claude will follow, so make sure they match what you want.
- Check which tools, scripts, or MCP servers it uses. Local servers and scripts run with your permissions.
- Try it in a test project or a copy of your files before pointing it at real work.
- Pin the version you tested, and review changes before updating.
- Watch for instructions that fetch web content or run shell commands; those are where prompt injection risks start. See our prompt injection guide.
FAQ
What is Agent Governance Reviewer?
Agent Governance Reviewer is a subagent for Claude Code and Claude Cowork from the github/awesome-copilot repository on GitHub. AI agent governance expert that reviews code for safety issues, missing governance controls, and helps implement policy enforcement, trust scoring, and audit trails in agent systems.
How do I install Agent Governance Reviewer in Claude Code?
Download agent-governance-reviewer.agent.md from the repository. Save it to ~/.claude/agents/ to use it in every project, or to .claude/agents/ inside one project to share it through version control. Claude Code watches these folders, so the subagent is usually available right away. Ask Claude to use it by name, or @-mention it to make sure it runs.
Can I use Agent Governance Reviewer in Claude Cowork?
Cowork loads subagents through plugins. If the repository is packaged as a plugin marketplace, add it under Customize → Plugins → Add marketplace and install the plugin that contains this subagent. Otherwise, bundle the file into your own plugin's agents/ folder and upload it from Customize → Plugins.
Is Agent Governance Reviewer safe to install?
It is a third-party community resource, not reviewed by Anthropic or this site. Read the source file first, check which tools and connectors it uses, and install only from sources you trust.
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