Guide
An agent loop needs an exit
Choose between a fixed workflow and an agent by specifying feedback, budgets, terminal states and the point of human handoff.
State & orchestrationTool selection
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A CONNECTED RESEARCH AREA
Agents & tools
Connect models to useful work with explicit state, bounded tools, stopping rules and a way for a person to take over.
Interfaces, MCP & skillsState & orchestrationTool selectionHandoff & recoveryAccess & task cost
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Source-based reading in this area.
Guide
Approval is a gate. Recovery is a separate design.
Plan what happens before, during and after human approval, including rejection, changed payloads, restarts and duplicate actions.
Handoff & recoverySecurity & permissions
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Explainer
A skill and an MCP server solve different handoff problems
Map instructions, reference material and callable operations before deciding what belongs in a reusable agent package.
MCPAgent Skills
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Workflow
Write a delegation brief that can be merged
An original worksheet for dividing a research question into independent assignments and defining what a usable return must contain.
DelegationResearch workflow
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Checklist
Write an agent bug report that names the failing layer
A recovery checklist for separating the model, harness, tools and application state when an agent behaves differently than expected.
Failure analysisRecovery
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