Varun Pratap Bhardwaj
contracts· Part of Qualixar

AgentAssertRuntime Behavioral Contracts for AI Agents

Define rules in YAML and check structured agent state in Python with AgentAssert. The application supplies the signals and places checks before a protected action. Start with a synthetic approval-flag proof, then explore the research assumptions and enforcement adapters.

The Problem

A prompt needs an observable check

An agent's claim of compliance is not runtime evidence. Define an invariant, pass the signals your application can measure, and check them before proceeding. Coverage depends on the adapter and action boundary you choose.

YAML + Python
Explicit behavioral rules and supplied signals
How It Works

Key Capabilities

01

Hard and Soft Constraints

Separate inviolable safety boundaries from aspirational quality targets. Hard constraints halt execution on violation; soft constraints degrade gracefully and log for review.

02

Real-Time Drift Detection

Continuously monitors agent behavior against its contract during execution. Detects semantic drift before it compounds into a catastrophic failure downstream.

03

Reliability Scoring

Produces a single composite reliability score (Θ) per agent per session. Enables objective comparison across model providers, prompt versions, and deployment configurations.

04

Multi-Agent Pipeline Contracts

Compose individual agent contracts into pipeline-level guarantees. When Agent A hands off to Agent B, the contract enforces interface-level expectations at the boundary.

05

Enterprise-Ready Compliance

Designed with the EU AI Act in mind. Provides the audit trail, constraint documentation, and runtime evidence that regulators and compliance teams require for high-risk AI systems.

Evidence
YAML
Contract specification
Python
Runtime checks
2 states
Synthetic quick proof
AGPL
Software license

The synthetic proof checks a caller-supplied boolean: true passes; false raises ContractBreachError. It is not a PII classifier, accuracy benchmark or blanket guarantee. The arXiv preprints state the assumptions and protocols for research results.

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