STARTING A RUN

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING • What are the four jobs of task intake? ◦ Answer: Receive the request with its context, validate it, structure it into a goal object, and decide whether to proceed or ask for clarification. • Why should permissions be set before the first model call? ◦ Answer: Otherwise the agent could use a tool during a window when no restriction applies. • What should the harness do with an ambiguous, risky request? ◦ Answer: Ask a clarifying question instead of guessing. • Why start logging first? ◦ Answer: So that everything, including the original request, is recorded for later debugging and auditing. • What does a good goal definition answer? ◦ Answer: What should be produced, what must be true of it, what must not happen, and how we will know it is done.