// GLOSSARY -- AGENTIC AI

What is an Agent Fleet?

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A collection of AI agents operated by a single organization, managed as a group with shared treasury, consistent policies, and centralized oversight. Fleet management provides organizational-level financial governance.

WHY IT MATTERS

Organizations don't deploy single agents — they deploy fleets. A company might have: 10 data purchasing agents, 5 trading agents, 20 API payment agents, and 3 procurement agents. Managing each independently doesn't scale.

Fleet management provides: shared treasury with per-agent allocation, fleet-wide policy templates with per-agent customization, centralized monitoring and alerting, aggregate spending analytics, and coordinated emergency response.

Fleet management is where agent finance meets organizational finance — budgets, reporting, and governance at the enterprise level.

HOW POLICYLAYER USES THIS

PolicyLayer provides fleet-level spending management — shared policies, centralized dashboards, treasury management, and coordinated emergency controls across all agents.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many agents in a typical fleet?
Varies enormously. Small teams might have 2-5. Enterprises could have hundreds. PolicyLayer scales to any fleet size with consistent policy enforcement.
Can fleets share budgets?
Yes — PolicyLayer supports shared fleet budgets where agents draw from a common pool, with per-agent sub-limits within the shared allocation.
How are fleets organized?
Typically by function (trading fleet, procurement fleet) or by project. PolicyLayer supports hierarchical fleet structures with inherited and overridden policies.

FURTHER READING

Enforce policies on every tool call

Intercept is the open-source MCP proxy that enforces YAML policies on AI agent tool calls. No code changes needed.

npx -y @policylayer/intercept
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