From Workflow Automation to Capability Closure: A Formal Framework for Safe and Revenue-Aware Customer Service AI

Customer service automation is undergoing a structural transformation. The dominant paradigm is shifting from scripted chatbots and single-agent responders toward networks of specialised AI agents that compose capabilities dynamically across billing, service provision, payments, and fulfilment. This shift introduces a safety gap that no current platform has closed: two agents individually verified as safe can, when combined, reach a forbidden goal through an emergent conjunctive dependency that neither possesses alone.