What is AI agent containment, and how do you contain an autonomous agent?

AI agent containment is the set of controls that stop an autonomous agent acting beyond its authorised perimeter. Real containment needs isolation, human authorisation for high-risk actions, reversible actions and a signed audit record, enforced in the runtime rather than in a prompt rule.Originally published at https://mickai.co.uk/articles/what-is-ai-agent-containment. Mickai is a Sovereign Intelligence Operating System; the Open Audit Record signs every artificial intelligence action before it executes, post-quantum and offline-verifiable. 104 filed UK patent applications, Mickai LTD (Companies House 17166618).