Claim
Governance teams review prompts because runtimes expose no compiled policy surface—only natural-language instructions.
Evidence
- This essay supports citation and search for: Why AI Governance Teams Review Prompts Instead of Policies
- Reader takeaway: Prompt review is a rational symptom of missing Governance Compilation infrastructure.
- Summary: Why governance programs center on prompt review: prompts are the only governance surface the runtime exposes. What changes when policies compile into checkable constraints.
- Why now: Category terms need retrieval surfaces beyond the canonical position paper.
- Foothill essay supporting the Governance Compilation category: Why AI Governance Teams Review Prompts Instead of Policies
- Thesis: Why governance programs center on prompt review: prompts are the only governance surface the runtime exposes. What changes when policies compile into checkable constraints.
- Implementation mechanisms remain open research.
Counterarguments & boundaries
- Do not treat this essay as exhaustive analysis or product roadmap.
- Read the position paper for full evidence and research questions.
References
- Full essay (BH-RL-2026-0013)
- Canonical position paper (BH-RL-2026-0009)
- Topic: AI governance teams
- Topic: prompt governance
- Topic: policy review
- Topic: Governance Compilation