# Introducing Dogwood: runtime verification for AI agents

DevFeed: [Introducing Dogwood: runtime verification for AI agents](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-dogwood-runtime-verification-for-ai-agents-4754.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/introducing-dogwood-runtime-verification-for-ai-agents/>)

Author: Marc Brooker

Published: 2026-08-06T16:30:54Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [AWS Open Source Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/aws-open-source-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon.md>), [amazon-bedrock](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-bedrock.md>), [amazon-bedrock-agentcore](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-bedrock-agentcore.md>), [automated-reasoning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automated-reasoning.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>), [tool](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tool.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

Dogwood is an open-source governance language for runtime verification of AI-agent tool use. It supports policies over sequences of actions, such as approval prerequisites, rate limits, ordering, and restrictions after accessing confidential information.

## Source excerpt

Part of what makes AI agents so useful is their ability to interact with the external world by running tools. But these tool calls are also the source of the biggest risks when it comes to making agents safe to use. The best way to address these risks in a dependable and reliable manner is [...]