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Goal

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The first foundational property (G in GPA). An agent's objective or purpose that guides its behavior. Goals can be explicit instructions, implicit preferences, or emergent from training. Governance requires goal authorization, alignment verification, and monitoring.

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The operational properties that distinguish agents and agentic systems

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