Governing Technical Debt in Agentic AI Systems

In three linesPaper defines 'Agentic Technical Debt': accumulated liability when prompts, memory, tool schemas, orchestration graphs, and control policies are patched together faster than validated and standardized. Introduces 'Stochastic Tax': recurring operating cost to keep probabilistic agent behavior within acceptable bounds. Proposes lightweight dashboards and governance controls for visibility.

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