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European AI Agent Certification Standard
Methodology v 2.0 · 24 April 2026
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AI Agent Certification: The Methodology and Supporting Analysis

This hub collects every article, methodology document, and analysis this publication has produced on AI agent certification. The framework evaluates autonomous agents across seven weighted dimensions. The supporting analysis addresses the questions that arise around it: how it relates to standards such as ISO 42001 and NIST AI RMF, where it differs from EU AI Act conformity assessment, how dynamic generative behaviour requires a different audit approach, and how certification results feed insurance underwriting.

The Framework

The Seven Dimensions

The Agent Certified framework evaluates autonomous AI agents across Trust, Context, Distribution, Product, Governance, AI Integration, and Autonomy. These articles explain the methodology and its most recent revision.

Methodology v1.0 · April 2026

Certification Methodology v1.0

The published reference document for the first version of the Agent Certified framework. Seven dimensions, five tiers, scoring rubric, and assessment process. The document the first wave of assessments was conducted under.

Methodology v2.0 · 24 April 2026
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Certification Methodology v2.0

The current published reference for the Agent Certified framework. Updated dimension weights, revised tier thresholds, expanded standards crosswalk, and the assessment process that law firms, insurers, and regulators cite.

Dynamic Behaviour

Certifying Generative Agents

Traditional software audits assume deterministic outputs. Generative AI agents do not produce them. This article addresses why dynamic behaviour requires a different audit methodology and what that methodology looks like.

Standards Crosswalk

Compliance vs Certification

The Agent Certified framework sits alongside, not inside, the EU AI Act's conformity assessment procedure. These articles map the relationship between certification, compliance, and the main international standards.