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Tier-2 post, publish date 2026-08-03 (hold merge until on/after Aug 2; lede references GPAI enforcement commencing in past tense). COSAiS agent overlays + CSA gap analysis with verbatim-verified blockquote; the task-context-scoping gap mapped to consumable, per-run authority. Fact-check fixes applied: "among the first US government programs... security and interoperability standards" per CSA framing, corrected initiative link to the NIST announcement, predictive-AI outline scoping. Review cycles 1-2 + codex (2 rounds, SHIP) applied. Depends on the agent-identity PR for one link.
Sync the draft with current main, qualify the proposed voluntary overlays, separate IAM permissions from consumable budgets, and clarify the limits of budget-lifecycle evidence.
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This post is dated 2026-08-03. It now states the European Commission's published enforcement schedule without pretending the future date has already passed.
Pre-merge checklist (August 3)
Summary
New post: NIST Agent Overlays Need Task-Scoped Permissions (
blog/nist-agent-overlays-need-task-scoped-permissions.md).The revised article accurately presents COSAiS overlays as proposed, voluntary starting points. It maps CSA's task-scoping gap to a composition of short-lived credentials, OAuth/PBAC or capability policy, application validation, approvals, and consumable limits. Cycles is positioned as cumulative budget/exposure accounting that complements rather than replaces IAM, tool authorization, or argument validation.
The audit section now requires correlated identity, application, authorization, budget-decision, and outcome evidence, and explicitly states what Cycles evidence does not prove by itself.
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npm install(0 vulnerabilities)npm run build(VitePress + 9 PDFs)npm test(93/93)npm run check:implementation-drift(17/17 sources)