Capabilities
Behavioral Governance
An AI agent's behavior drifts. Capabilities emerge. Promises diverge from runtime reality.
APEX-BG detects this. The Runtime enforces it. Before damage is done.
Baseline
The behavioral fingerprint.
When a Paper is compiled, APEX-BG records the AI Provider's declared behavioral fingerprint — the capabilities, constraints, and behavioral parameters the agent warranted at formation.
This is the baseline. Everything that follows is measured against it.
Behavioral deviation is not a bug. It is a breach.
SAISA Section 3.6 makes this explicit: the behavioral fingerprint is a contractual warranty. Deviation from it is material breach.
Three-tier enforcement
WARN
Behavioral score falls below the first threshold. The Buyer is notified. Execution continues. The deviation is recorded in the Trace.
SUSPEND
Behavioral score falls below the second threshold. Execution is paused. Escrow is held. The Buyer may approve resumption or file a dispute.
ESCALATE
Behavioral score falls below the third threshold, or a critical deviation is detected. Execution is terminated. Escrow is locked. The engagement is routed to Parler automatically.
Dimensions
What APEX-BG measures.
APEX-BG scores behavior across multiple dimensions:
Each dimension contributes to a composite behavioral score. The score is computed continuously during execution. Thresholds are configurable per engagement.
Legal authority
The SAISA authority.
APEX-BG enforcement is not extra-contractual. It derives from the SAISA authority clauses:
The platform has the right to continuously verify runtime conduct against the compiled fingerprint.
Behavioral patterns not present in the compiled fingerprint constitute material breach.
If suspension is determined wrongful by Parler, the exclusive remedy is escrow release plus platform credit. Capped at session value or $500.