AGENTS / 20-minute workshop

Sketch a human-to-agent handoff

Turn a high-impact automated action into an understandable approval step.

REAL-WORLD SCENARIO

Work through the decision.

An autonomous assistant wants to replace a production deployment configuration.

Your objective

Write a human handoff that explains the operation, context, and safe recovery paths.

Deliverable: A three-state decision flow with confirm, decline, and expired outcomes.

Activity steps

0 of 3 steps complete

01Choose an irreversible action.02Write a concrete confirmation message.03Map success, expiry, decline, and retry paths.Your working notes

Your work is saved on this device only.

Worked example

Request: Replace configuration for workspace alpha. Confirm: server validates the action ID and current permission. Decline: no change. Expired: generate a fresh request rather than replay the old approval.

Quality check

Name the target and consequence of the action.
Include a fail-closed expired state.
Make responsibility and authorization explicit.

GO DEEPER

Continue with the source guide.

The companion guide provides the reasoning and trade-offs behind the exercise.

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