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What Is Governance?

Governance is the collection of decisions that determine:

  • How software is built.
  • Which standards are enforced.
  • Which tools are approved.
  • Which architectural patterns are allowed.
  • How quality is measured.

In AI-assisted development, governance becomes executable.

Instead of documents:

PDF
Wiki
Confluence

we now have:

Skills
MCP Servers
Validation Rules
Automation Pipelines

Governance moves from theory into practice.

Mini Exercise​

Define one governance rule that should be executable rather than just documented.

Example​

Instead of saying "follow Atomic Design" in a wiki, a skill or scaffold can require the correct level before a component is generated.