“Role-Based Containment for Action-Time Authority”

Role-Based Containment (RBC) is a runtime governance protocol that evaluates authority at the moment an autonomous system attempts an external effect.

What RBC changes mechanically

RBC™ replaces durable delegated authority with exhaustible, action-bound authority:

RBC™ reduces systemic risk by shifting the burden of safety from repeated individual consent to infrastructure-level containment, structured through authoritative scope and verifiable delegation.

This replaces the unrealistic expectation that individuals can interpret or approve every digital interaction in real time with a scalable, lawful, and inspectable framework for agentic action.

RBC Enforcement Invariants

Every autonomous action must satisfy three conditions:

  1. The action occurs within a defined operational role

  2. Authority is valid only for the specific act being attempted

  3. Authority is consumed and exhausted immediately after execution

If any condition fails, execution fails closed.