Enterprise platform · open pattern

Govern your n8n agents.

Your platform already keeps the record. We make it prove things.

The execution log in Postgres is directly sweepable: workflows become duties, executions become duty-runs, and error workflows become the independent watchdog.

Why govern n8n agents

No rebuild — a mapping

These platforms already log runs, actions, and outcomes. The integration is a config-driven schema mapping over that record — read-only, no agent redeployment, no data leaving your environment on the free tier.

The board question, answered

“What are the agents doing, and how do we know?” Conformance verdicts, coverage ratios, and an honest miss log — computed from the platform’s own data, reproducible by anyone who re-runs the query.

Honest about its own limits

The capability probe tells you which questions your schema can and cannot answer — no silent under-reporting, no pretending a partial record is a full one. That honesty is the point of the standard.

How it works with n8n

The pattern for enterprise agent platforms: A read-only schema mapping: the platform’s existing run, log, and audit tables are mapped to the standard’s shapes, the sweep runs read-only over what the platform already records, and a capability probe reports honestly which parts of the battery the schema can answer.

Why n8n fits: The execution log in Postgres is directly sweepable: workflows become duties, executions become duty-runs, and error workflows become the independent watchdog.

  1. Connect read-only credentials to the platform’s data store — the sweep never writes.
  2. Apply (or build) the schema mapping from the platform’s tables to the standard’s shapes.
  3. Run the capability probe: see exactly which parts of the trust battery your record can answer today.
  4. Run the sweep; review conformance verdicts, coverage ratios, and the miss log with your platform owners.
  5. Close the gaps the probe surfaced — usually outcome verification — and re-sweep on a schedule.

The full requirements live in the open standard (CC BY 4.0) — the substrate shapes, the acceptance tests, and the conformance ladder your record is measured against.

What you can claim

Organizations with a real mapping can wear the Built-on GOVENANT badge under its four rules and publish level claims to the registry with probe logs — self-assessed against the open standard, open to challenge. What you may never claim is “certified”: the standard has no certifying authority, and a reproducible public record is stronger than a stamp.

Status — kept honest

Integration pattern: documented (this page). The n8n adapter, mapping, or worked example is being built in the open — progress, scope, and acceptance criteria live in the public GitHub issue. This page will not say “supported” before that issue closes with a working example. Holding our own pages to the standard’s claims discipline is not modesty; it is the product.

Build this with us

For systems integrators and platform partners: the sweep turns AI-governance assessments into a repeatable, instrumented service — your deliverable is a reproducible report, not a slide deck. We co-market shipped mappings, and enterprise inbound for this platform routes to partners who built and maintain its mapping.

n8n governance — FAQ

Does any of our data leave our environment?
Not on the free tier — the audit is read-only and aggregate-only, and it runs against your own store. Row data never leaves. Publishing a signed attestation to the registry is a separate, explicit, paid act.
We already have platform dashboards and audit logs. Why this?
Dashboards report activity; the standard tests delivery. The sweep asks whether verified outcomes exist for the work agents owe, whether misses are independently recorded, and whether anyone would notice silence. Those are different questions than throughput, and they are the ones regulators and boards are starting to ask.
What is “performed autonomy”?
Agents that look busy — fluent plans, satisfied logs — but don’t verifiably ship. Motion is not delivery. GOVENANT measures verified outcomes against the record, never the logs’ self-report.
What is GOVENANT, and who controls it?
An open standard for provable AI agent governance: three laws, a conformance ladder, and acceptance tests any implementation can run against its own record. It is free to all under CC BY 4.0 with a citable companion paper (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21440225), and conformance is self-assessed and published openly — no certifying authority, no gatekeeper.

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