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What are insights?

Insights are AI-generated recommendations for improving your agent policies. Mandate analyzes transaction patterns, detects anomalies, and suggests specific policy changes. Each insight includes evidence, a confidence score, and actionable suggestions you can apply with one click.

Insight types

Mandate generates two categories of insights:
TypeDescription
mandate_ruleSuggests adding, modifying, or removing a policy rule based on observed behavior.
pattern_detectionIdentifies recurring transaction patterns that may indicate a need for policy adjustment.

Confidence levels

Each insight carries a confidence score that determines its label:
LabelScore rangeMeaning
STRONG RECOMMENDATION> 0.85High-confidence suggestion backed by significant evidence. Act on these first.
RECOMMENDATION> 0.70Solid suggestion with good evidence. Worth reviewing carefully.
EARLY SIGNAL> 0.55Emerging pattern with limited evidence. Monitor before acting.
SUGGESTION< 0.55Low-confidence observation. Consider but do not prioritize.
The confidence bar uses a 5-bar visual indicator. A score of 0.85 fills approximately 4.25 bars, giving you a quick visual read on strength.

Insight card anatomy

Each insight card displays:
  • Title: a concise description of the recommendation.
  • Evidence count: how many transactions contributed to this insight (e.g., “Based on 47 transactions”).
  • Suggested changes: the specific policy fields and values to update. Shows the target section (e.g., “spend_limits.daily”) and the proposed value.
  • Confidence bar: 5-bar visual showing the confidence score.
  • Confidence label: STRONG RECOMMENDATION, RECOMMENDATION, EARLY SIGNAL, or SUGGESTION.

Taking action

Two actions are available for each insight:

Accept

Click Accept to apply the suggested policy changes to the agent. Mandate creates a new policy version incorporating the recommendation. The previous policy version is deactivated, same as a manual save in the policy builder.
Accepting an insight creates a new policy version. Review the suggested changes in the card before accepting to confirm they match your intentions.

Dismiss

Click Dismiss to remove the insight from your queue. Dismissed insights do not reappear for the same pattern. If the pattern changes significantly, Mandate may generate a new insight.

Example insights

  • “This agent transfers to the same 3 addresses in 98% of transactions. Consider setting an allowed address list.” (pattern_detection, confidence 0.91)
  • “Daily spend has never exceeded 120inthepast30days.Considerloweringthedailylimitfrom120 in the past 30 days. Consider lowering the daily limit from 500 to $200.” (mandate_rule, confidence 0.78)
  • “Agent attempted 4 swap operations that were blocked. If swaps are intentional, add swap to allowed actions.” (mandate_rule, confidence 0.62)

Next Steps

Policy Builder

Manually adjust policy fields alongside insight recommendations.

Policy Engine

Understand the 14 checks that generate the data insights analyze.

Dashboard Overview

Return to the dashboard home page for a summary view.