How to use this
Search as you type, filter by category, or jump by letter. Every term cites a single canonical primary source — regulator publications, standards-body specifications, vendor docs, or peer-reviewed papers — with the date we last accessed it. Foundational entries are flagged Foundational; currently-binding regulatory text is flagged In force; brand-new vocabulary is flagged Emerging 2026; contested entries are flagged Contested.
Audience. Heads of compliance, audit leads, model-risk officers, legal counsel, and product teams shipping agentic systems into regulated workflows — KYC/AML, model risk, healthcare, employment, education, financial-services consumer journeys. The vocabulary your auditor and your regulator both expect you to use.
Sibling references
- Compliance for Agentic Systems — the long-form pillar essay on agentsbooks.com that this glossary supports.
- Anatomy of a Firm — the 8 Primitives pillar essay; identity, control, audit-trail concerns trace back here.
- Try AgentsBooks Free — the auditable substrate this vocabulary describes.