SG Agentic AI vs MAS AI Guidelines: what they share and how they differ
SG Agentic AI and MAS AI Guidelines share 12 of 24 control themes and 10 checks. 64% of MAS AI Guidelines requirements can be proven with checks SG Agentic AI already uses, 89% the other way round.
Voluntary
SG Agentic AI
How to govern AI agents under Singapore's framework
9 requirementsNext 2027
Under discussion
MAS AI Guidelines
Preparing for the MAS AI risk management guidelines
11 requirementsNext Dec 2026
12/24shared control themes
10shared checks
64%of MAS AI Guidelines requirements covered by SG Agentic AI evidence
89%of SG Agentic AI requirements covered by MAS AI Guidelines evidence
At a glance
| SG Agentic AI | MAS AI Guidelines | |
|---|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Singapore same | Singapore same |
| Kind | Voluntary framework | Supervisory guidelines |
| Status | Voluntary | Under discussion |
| Binding | No same | No same |
| Object analysed | AI system same | AI system same |
| Scope | Any organisation deploying AI agents in Singapore, built in-house or supplied by a third party. | All financial institutions supervised by MAS (banks, insurers, asset managers, intermediaries). |
| Territorial reach | Singapore; an international reference for agent governance. | Financial activities in Singapore, including branches of foreign groups. |
| Penalties | None (voluntary). The organisation remains legally accountable for its agents' actions under existing law (PDPA, contract, tort). | No penalty of their own. Once issued, they are supervisory expectations checked in inspections; shortcomings can lead to supervisory action. |
| Qualification axes | Agent risk level (autonomy × access), Agent origin | Use-case risk materiality (impact, complexity, reliance) |
| Roles | Deploying organisation, Agent developer | Financial institution |
| Requirements | 9 | 11 |
| Next milestone | 2027, Follow-up to the discussion paper on agents' legal responsibility | Dec 2026, Expected issuance of the final guidelines |
Theme by theme
requirements per theme
SG Agentic AIMAS AI Guidelines
Governance
Assessment
Build
People & use
Lifecycle & third parties
What they share: one piece of evidence, two frameworks
10
| Code | Check | Requirements SG Agentic AI | Requirements MAS AI Guidelines |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHK-RISK-TOLERANCE | Risk tolerances are defined and AI systems are assigned to risk levels | ||
| CHK-CATEGORIZATION | AI system tasks and methods are categorized (classifier, generative, recommender) | ||
| VER-008-02 | System designed to allow human oversight (stop button, override) | ||
| CHK-INVENTORY | A mechanism to inventory AI systems is in place and resourced | ||
| CHK-ROLES-CLARIFIED | Roles, responsibilities and delegated authorities are documented and clear to relevant stakeholders | ||
| VER-008-03 | Competent overseers assigned to the system | ||
| CHK-TEVV | TEVV plan, test sets, metrics and data considerations are documented | ||
| VER-021-D-03 | Operation monitoring | ||
| VER-AUTO-01 | Suspension procedure in the event of risk | ||
| CHK-THIRDPARTY-POL | Policies address third-party AI/data risks, incl. IP, transparency and testing |
Differences: requirements specific to each framework
Requirements with no check serving the other framework: the extra work.
SG Agentic AI
1
SGA-4.1
MAS AI Guidelines
4
MAS-6.1
MAS-6.5
Reproducibility and auditability Lifecycle
MAS-7
Skills and capacity suited to the AI uses Capabilities
Timelines
PastSet in the textPotentialTo verify
Nov 12, 2018MAS AI Guidelines · FEAT principles (fairness, ethics, accountability, transparency)
Jan 23, 2019SG Agentic AI · Model AI Governance Framework, 1st edition
Jan 21, 2020SG Agentic AI · Model AI Governance Framework, 2nd edition
May 25, 2022SG Agentic AI · AI Verify launched (governance testing)
May 30, 2024SG Agentic AI · Model AI Governance Framework for Generative AI
Dec 2024MAS AI Guidelines · Information paper on AI model risk management
Nov 13, 2025MAS AI Guidelines · Public consultation on the guidelines
Jan 22, 2026SG Agentic AI · Agentic AI framework published (WEF)
Jan 31, 2026MAS AI Guidelines · Consultation closes
May 20, 2026SG Agentic AI · Update: multi-agent systems, third-party agents, automation bias; discussion paper on legal responsibility for agents
Dec 2026MAS AI Guidelines · Expected issuance of the final guidelines
2027SG Agentic AI · Follow-up to the discussion paper on agents' legal responsibility
Dec 2027MAS AI Guidelines · End of the 12-month transition (if issued late 2026)
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