Claim

Policy and agent runtimes speak different languages; organizations fill the gap with manual translation that does not scale.

Receipt

• Registry entry: BH-RL-2026-0012 in research/registry.json
• Compile output: this evidence surface (BH-RL-2026-0012/evidence/) via compile-evidence-publications.mjs
• Pipeline: research:compile · generated 2026-06-29T21:00:40.776Z · source afd302e4eb1d
• Canonical publication: /essays/missing-layer-policy-and-agents/ (essay)
• Source lineage: Foothill essay
• This essay supports citation and search for: The Missing Layer Between Policy and Agents
• Reader takeaway: Enterprise policy and agent runtimes still rely on manual translation—Governance Compilation names that gap.
• Summary: Explains the missing translation layer between institutional policy and agent execution: represent, compile, preserve lineage, audit constraints—not orchestration alone.
• Why now: Category terms need retrieval surfaces beyond the canonical position paper.
• Foothill essay supporting the Governance Compilation category: The Missing Layer Between Policy and Agents
• Thesis: Explains the missing translation layer between institutional policy and agent execution: represent, compile, preserve lineage, audit constraints—not orchestration alone.
• Implementation mechanisms remain open research.
• Linked artifact: Why Enterprise Governance Doesn't Compile (BH-RL-2026-0009) → /position-papers/why-enterprise-governance-doesnt-compile/
• Linked artifact: What Is Governance Compilation? (BH-RL-2026-0010) → /essays/what-is-governance-compilation/
• Linked artifact: Semantic Governance for Agentic Systems (BH-RL-2026-0005) → /research/semantic-governance/

Homepage pilot: Governed Portfolio Atlas · Machine graph: atlas.json

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Review candidate

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Review candidate

Revision

initial-foothill-essay

Maturity

Foothill essay v1.0.