Agent Briefing

Most multi-agent failures are briefing failures: the worker lacked one fact, drowned in irrelevant history, guessed at a constraint, or returned a report nobody could check. A dispatched agent knows only what its brief says, and you know only what its report says. Both handoffs lose detail unless they are written on purpose.

Core principle: write every brief for a capable stranger with no memory of this session, and require every report as a file whose claims can be checked. Give exactly the context the task needs, point to files instead of pasting them, and ask for evidence, not reassurance.

The Prime Directive

NO DISPATCH WITHOUT A COMPLETE BRIEF, NO HANDOFF WITHOUT A REPORT FILE

No exceptions. No workarounds. No shortcuts.

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