The Enterprise Agent Control Plane
Architecting Authority, Execution Continuity, Assurance, and Economics Across Models and Agents
An architectural examination of enterprise agent control planes, execution continuity, delegated authority, assurance, and AI operating economics.
- Chapter 01
The Enterprise Control Problem
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The Architecture of Agentic Systems
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The Emerging Enterprise Architecture
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Where Architectural Substitution Creates Risk
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Four Enterprise Control Surfaces
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The Execution Continuity Framework
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Architectural Judgment: When Complexity Earns Its Place
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Primary Technical and Market References
01. Anthropic. Scaling Managed Agents: Decoupling the Brain from the Hands. April 2026.
Engineering account of durable sessions and replaceable execution components.
https://www.anthropic.com/research/managed-agents (opens in a new tab)
02. Microsoft. Microsoft Foundry Control Plane.
Technical documentation covering supported agent fleet management and operational visibility.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/control-plane/overview (opens in a new tab)
03. Amazon Web Services. AgentCore Gateway and Policy.
Technical documentation describing authorization responsibilities for mediated tool execution.
04. Uber Engineering. Navigating the LLM Landscape: Uber's Innovation with GenAI Gateway. July 11, 2024.
Production engineering account of shared model access and operational management.
https://www.uber.com/us/en/blog/genai-gateway/ (opens in a new tab)
05. Databricks. Select Models or Use Smart Routing.
Documentation of model selection and routing in supported agent workflows. Smart Routing is identified as a beta capability.
https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/ai-gateway/coding-agent-model-selection (opens in a new tab)
06. Palo Alto Networks. Introducing Unit 42 Continuous Frontier AI Defense. September 2026.
Vendor account of a specialized multi-model security service. Performance claims are vendor-reported.
07. Anthropic. Demystifying Evals for AI Agents. January 2026.
Engineering guidance covering agent evaluation and the distinction between execution traces and resulting environment state.
https://www.anthropic.com/research/demystifying-evals-for-ai-agents (opens in a new tab)
08. Kim et al. Towards a Science of Scaling Agent Systems. 2025–2026.
Research examining coordination architecture and performance across different task structures.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08296 (opens in a new tab)
09. Ong et al. RouteLLM: Learning to Route LLMs with Preference Data. 2024.
Research on model routing and cost-performance trade-offs.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.18665 (opens in a new tab)
Connected Sentient Review Work
Execution Continuity Framework
The original framework developed for this publication.
The Delegated Action Architecture
Foundational framework for responsible delegated enterprise execution.
https://sentient-review.com/frameworks/the-delegated-action-architecture
Agentic Execution: The Architecture of Delegated Action in the Enterprise
Research publication covering enterprise agent architecture and operating responsibilities.
https://sentient-review.com/perspectives/agentic-execution
Computational Coordination Architecture
Framework addressing computational coordination and enterprise commitments.
https://sentient-review.com/frameworks/computational-coordination-architecture
Publication Classification
This publication combines established engineering evidence with an original architectural synthesis.
The Execution Continuity Framework is presented as a proposed method for transition-specific verification.
The enterprise agent control plane is examined as an emerging architectural capability with multiple implementation approaches.
The research evidence supports the architectural analysis. Future implementation and testing will strengthen the framework's empirical foundation.
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