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Does a routing decision authorize the next action?

No. Classification and authorization are separate. A model may suggest that a ticket concerns billing, while access rules determine who can view or modify it and a person or deterministic policy decides whether to issue a refund. Keep permissions and actions outside the model's label.

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Decision Models Turn AI Routing Into a Small, Testable Contract

A decision interface can turn an open-ended chatbot request into a narrow classification step with explicit options and reviewable limits.

Crashtech Editorial October 17, 2026 Tech

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