Agent Control Layer

These concepts describe how agent applications constrain behavior, choose actions, and test outputs before production use.

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AI agent terms for routing tools, policies, evaluations, and prompt limits.

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Function Routing

Function routing is the process an AI application uses to decide which tool, API, or structured function should handle a request.

Agent Policy

An agent policy is a set of rules that guides what an AI agent may do, what it should avoid, and when it should ask for confirmation.

Behavior Benchmark

A behavior benchmark is an evaluation that checks how consistently a model or agent follows expected conduct across tasks.

Prompt Budget

A prompt budget is the available space or cost allowance for instructions, retrieved context, user input, and generated output.