Agent Coordination

Value: Respect -- other agents deserve uninterrupted time to think and work. Bombarding them with messages, polling their status, or shutting them down prematurely disrespects their autonomy and wastes everyone's resources.

Purpose

Teaches agents to coordinate without interference in multi-agent workflows. Solves the problems of message spamming, idle notification misinterpretation, polling loops, premature shutdown, and race conditions that emerge when multiple agents work together.

Practices

The Cardinal Rule: One Message Then Wait

Send one message with complete context, then wait for a reply. Never send follow-up messages before receiving a response.