Voice & CX agent · open pattern

Govern your Sierra agents.

Every call verified. Misses included.

Outcome-based pricing already prices exactly what GOVENANT measures — verified resolution. A conformance record makes that claim inspectable by every buyer.

Why govern Sierra agents

The highest-stakes class of agents

A wrong customer call is a lost customer or a compliance event. Voice agents act in real time, in your brand’s voice, with no human between the model and the customer — exactly where a verified outcome record matters most.

“Answered” is not “resolved”

The gap between a completed call and a verifiably resolved need is precisely the performed-autonomy gap. GOVENANT measures resolution against the record — and writes down the misses, which is what makes the hits believable.

The trust stack, completed

Controls certifications and insurance tell buyers the vendor is responsible; a GOVENANT record shows the agents deliver, continuously, in production. They certify the brakes; we measure the odometer. Enterprise buyers increasingly want both.

How it works with Sierra

The pattern for voice and customer-facing agent platforms: A conversation-as-duty-run mapping: every call or conversation maps to a duty-run with a verified outcome row — resolution, not mere completion — misses recorded by an independent watchdog, coverage math computed over real conversations.

Why Sierra fits: Outcome-based pricing already prices exactly what GOVENANT measures — verified resolution. A conformance record makes that claim inspectable by every buyer.

  1. Map call/conversation records to duty-runs: transcript reference, end reason, and a verified outcome row per conversation.
  2. Define resolution criteria as the deterministic validation gate — what counts as “handled,” decided in advance, checked against the record.
  3. Stand up the watchdog: missed, failed, and abandoned conversations get written down independently of the platform’s own reporting.
  4. Run the sweep over real traffic; review delivery ratios and the miss log with CX leadership.
  5. Publish what you can defend — internally first, then to the registry when the record is ready.

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

A real integration can wear the Built-on GOVENANT badge under its four rules, and publish level claims to the registry with probe logs — self-assessed, open to challenge, never “certified.” For CX buyers, a public delivery record with the misses included is the strongest trust asset there is, because it is the one thing a vendor cannot fake comfortably.

Status — kept honest

Integration pattern: documented (this page). The Sierra 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.

Outcome-based pricing and outcome-verified governance are the same worldview — a conformance record makes the pricing model inspectable.

Build this with us

For voice-platform vendors and the agencies deploying on them: verified resolution is the enterprise unlock, and outcome-priced offerings need an inspectable outcome record. We co-market shipped integrations and route “can we trust a voice agent with our customers?” inbound to stacks with a public record.

Sierra governance — FAQ

Do transcripts or customer data leave our environment?
No. The sweep is read-only and aggregate-only: counts, ratios, verdicts. Transcripts, audio, and customer records never leave your store, on any tier.
We already track CSAT and resolution rate. What does this add?
Independence and reproducibility. Your resolution rate is your platform grading itself; the standard requires outcomes verified against the record, misses logged by a watchdog the reporting layer doesn’t control, and numbers anyone can recompute. That is the difference between a metric and a record.
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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