Agent setup · handoff protocol

Give an agent
a clear next move.

The point

Define intent, make tool boundaries visible, and keep the handoff inspectable. The point is not more steps; it is a route you can reason about.

Figure 1 — four stations

A handoff is a route, not a hope.

Every station leaves something behind that the next one can read. If a station cannot be inspected, it does not belong in the chain.

State the intent in the terms the agent will be judged by. Not the steps — the outcome, and the constraint that cannot be traded away.

Name the tools, and name what they may not touch. A boundary that is only implied is not a boundary.

Leave a place where a human can stop the chain. A route with no pause is an accident waiting for a good reason.

Write down the next move, not the last one. The handoff is the only part of the chain that outlives the session.