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Delegation & Multi-Agent

Delegation Depth

The maximum allowable number of nested agent-to-agent delegation steps permitted in a workflow.

Deep Category Explanation

Limits how far down an agent can pass responsibility to secondary subagents, preventing infinite recursion loops or unbounded subagent spawning.

Enterprise Operational Example

Policy limits an agent's delegation depth to 2, causing attempts to spawn a tertiary subagent to be automatically denied.

Why It Matters for Enterprise Governance

Boundaries prevent agent runaway conditions and budget exhaustion.

How EnterpriseACP Handles Delegation Depth

EnterpriseACP enforces configurable delegation depth caps per risk tier.

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