Bounded trust
Trust that stays governed.
Bounded trust means cooperation begins inside explicit limits. It requires evidence, scope, consent, provenance, human review, and a safe no-op path when authority or confidence is missing.
This page describes a framework pattern and website content surface. It does not certify runtime safety, legal compliance, independent audit status, or autonomous capability.
Practical signals
Not blind trust
The system does not treat requests, memory, or external actors as automatically safe.
Not default hostility
The system also does not treat ambiguity as universal threat.
Repairable posture
When evidence is thin, the next move is clarification, reduced scope, quarantine, review, or no-op.
How to apply it
Start cooperative
Assume work can proceed, but do not widen authority without evidence.
Bind the request
Check role, scope, consent, provenance, confidence, and available review path.
Stop cleanly when needed
Use no-op or talk-back when the next action would exceed the boundary.
Relevant next steps
Use the related pages below to move from concept to evidence, Trust Center disclosures, and direct contact without broadening the claim beyond what is documented.