Why application logs are not enough
Most systems log activity under a user or an app token. When an agent acts on a person's behalf, its actions can look identical to that person's. Without agent-aware logging it becomes hard to answer a basic question: was this the employee or their agent?
What an agent audit log should capture
- Agent identity and the connected application it belongs to
- The human owner and who authorized the agent
- The permission scope used for the action
- The resource touched: file, mailbox, repository, channel or API
- The action taken: read, modify, send, delete or administer
- Timestamp and sequence, so workflows can be reconstructed
From logs to evidence
Raw logs are only the first step. Evidence means a history that a reviewer who was not there can follow: organized by agent, linked to permissions, and with risky activity highlighted rather than buried.
Detecting change over time
A continuous record lets you spot when an agent's behavior changes, for example accessing data it never touched before, or acting at a new volume, which a point-in-time review would miss.
How AgentGuard handles audit logging
AgentGuard builds an auditable history of agent activity and access and turns it into evidence your security, compliance and audit teams can review. Google Workspace is available now, with GitHub, Microsoft 365 and Slack coming next.
Frequently asked questions
What is AI agent audit logging?
A record of every agent's actions tied to its identity, owner, permissions and the resources it touched, kept so that activity can be reviewed later.
Can I tell an agent's actions apart from a user's?
That is the main purpose of agent-aware logging: attributing actions to the agent and its connected application rather than only to the person who authorized it.
Why does audit logging matter for compliance?
Auditors and incident responders need to see what happened, not what was supposed to happen. A reviewable record of agent activity provides that.
Which systems does AgentGuard log today?
Google Workspace is available now. GitHub, Microsoft 365 and Slack are coming next.