> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.adcontextprotocol.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # S4: Governance > AdCP specialist module S4: Governance protocol mastery. Content standards, property lists, campaign governance lifecycle, policy registry, and compliance automation with sandbox agents. # S4: Governance **Members only** — Requires Practitioner credential. \~60 minutes with Addie. Combines hands-on lab and adaptive exam. This specialist module tests your mastery of the full governance protocol. You'll work with sandbox agents to manage content standards and property lists, execute the campaign governance lifecycle (plans, validation, outcomes, audit), resolve compliance policies from the registry, and reason about how governance domains compose. Addie evaluates both your hands-on work and your conceptual understanding. Passing earns the **AdCP specialist — Governance** credential. ## What you'll demonstrate * Create, update, list, and delete content standards * Create, update, list, and delete property lists * Calibrate content against standards and interpret results * Create and validate campaign plans with budget authority and policy configuration * Execute the full governance loop: `sync_plans`, `check_governance` (proposed + committed), `report_plan_outcome` * Use the policy registry to resolve and apply compliance policies * Interpret audit logs and reason about drift metrics * Explain how governance domains compose — campaign, property, content standards, creative ## Prerequisite reading ### Core governance tasks Create and manage property lists for inclusion/exclusion filtering. Define brand-specific content standards for automated compliance. Test whether content meets defined standards before placement. Verify that ads were delivered to authorized properties. Create and update campaign plans that define authorized parameters. Validate proposed and committed actions against the campaign plan. Report confirmed outcomes and commit budget against the plan. Review governance decisions, findings, and drift metrics. ### Supporting concepts The governance protocol: property, content standards, creative, and campaign governance. Multi-party validation, budget authority, governance modes, and the trust model. Three-party trust model: orchestrator, governance agent, and seller. Full technical specification: validation categories, enforcement levels, budget tracking. Community-maintained compliance policies: regulations (COPPA, GDPR, HFSS) and standards (alcohol, pharma). Identity, authorization, and data enrichment for publishers. How content standards work: calibration, local execution, and validation. Implementation guide for content standards. Artifacts generated during content evaluation. Creative quality, compliance, and feature analysis. Verifying AI creative provenance and disclosure. Analyzing creative features for compliance evaluation. Post-delivery content validation. Retrieving evaluation artifacts for audit and review. ## Lab exercises 1. **Content standards lifecycle** — Create, update, and manage content standards for a fictional brand 2. **Property list management** — Create inclusion and exclusion lists for supply path control 3. **Content calibration** — Calibrate sample content against your standards and interpret results 4. **Compliance verification** — Verify that sandbox campaign deliveries meet governance requirements 5. **Campaign governance lifecycle** — Create a campaign plan, validate actions (proposed + committed), handle denials and conditions, report outcomes, and review audit logs 6. **Policy resolution and compliance** — Resolve policies from the registry, configure jurisdiction-scoped enforcement, verify that violations are caught ## Assessment | Dimension | Weight | What Addie evaluates | | -------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Protocol mastery | 25% | Full governance protocol mastery across all domains including campaign governance lifecycle | | Safety expertise | 25% | Understands the three-party trust model, separation of duties, and how governance domains compose | | Oracle understanding | 20% | Understands AI-driven evaluation models and policy registry integration | | Compliance skill | 30% | Handles regulatory requirements, policy resolution, jurisdiction scoping, and audit interpretation | Passing threshold: 70%. ## Start this module "I'd like to start the governance specialist module."