Build a stateful workflow with visible side effects, retry limits, timeouts, idempotency, human approval nodes, and adversarial-input tests. Inspect the state transitions, not just the happy path.
Objective
implement a stateful workflow with controlled side effects.
Context
states, events, tools, policy, retry and timeout budget.
Decompose
pure decision steps, tool adapters, persistence, failure branches, human approval nodes, evals.
Criteria
replayability, idempotency, bounded cost, tool authorization, adversarial-input tests.
Review
inspect state transitions rather than only the happy path.
Output
graph/source, state schema, trace examples, threat model.
Handoff checklist
- State schema is versioned
- Tool auth is boundary-enforced
- Replay and idempotency tested
- Cost and termination bounded
Editorial recipe adapted from the project’s September 2026 research brief. Commands, authority and acceptance tests must be matched to your repository. No production execution is implied.