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name: agentic-workflow-guide

description: "Design, review, and debug agent workflows, and decide when a request should use a prompt, instruction, skill, agent, or hook before escalating to multi-agent design. Use for .agent.md / .instructions.md / .prompt.md / AGENTS.md work, workflow architecture, orchestration planning, scheduled automation model allocation, or when agent workflows may be overkill. Triggers on 'agent workflow', 'create agent', 'automation models', 'ワークフロー設計', 'orchestrator'."

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author: yamapan (https://github.com/aktsmm)

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# Agentic Workflow Guide

Design, review, and improve agent workflows based on proven principles.

この SKILL の基本姿勢は、**agent を増やすことではなく、必要最小の primitive で解くこと**。

context が膨らんだときも、まずは split / compact / reference 化を考え、いきなり multi-agent にしない。

## Primitive First

Do not start with multi-agent by default.

- - Single focused slash task -> **Prompt**

+ - Single focused slash task -> **Prompt** (Local harness only; prompt files are deprecated for Agent Host sessions, so prefer a **Skill** for new slash workflows)

- Always-on or file-scoped guidance -> **Instruction**

- Reusable workflow with bundled assets -> **Skill**

- Persona, tool restrictions, delegation, or handoffs -> **Agent**

- - Deterministic enforcement -> **Hook**

+ - Deterministic enforcement -> **Hook** (Preview; events and config differ by harness)

If the ask does not require an **Agent**, stop and use the simpler primitive.

- > この primitive 選択表が SSOT。skill-creator-plus / skill-finder などの判定表は「そのスキルを使うべきか」の即時ゲートとして扱い、基準がずれたらここに合わせる。

Selection details: [references/customization-decision.md](references/customization-decision.md)

## When to Use

- | Action | Triggers |

- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

+ | Action | Triggers |

+ | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

| **Create** | New `.agent.md`, `.instructions.md`, `.prompt.md`, `AGENTS.md`, or workflow architecture |

- | **Review** | Orchestrator not delegating, design principle check, context overflow |

- | **Update** | Adding Handoffs, improving delegation, tool configuration |

- | **Debug** | Agent not found, subagent not working, picker visibility, access control |

- | **Decide** | Determining whether multi-agent is justified or a simpler primitive is enough |

+ | **Review** | Orchestrator not delegating, design principle check, context overflow |

+ | **Update** | Adding Handoffs, improving delegation, tool configuration |

+ | **Debug** | Agent not found, subagent not working, picker visibility, access control |

+ | **Decide** | Determining whether multi-agent is justified or a simpler primitive is enough |

## Core Principles

- **Simplicity First**: より単純な primitive で解けるなら agent 化しない

- **SSOT / SRP**: 情報源と責務の分割を守る

- **Fail Fast**: エラーは早く止める

- **Feedback Loop**: 各段で検証できるようにする

- **Context Discipline**: context が膨らんだら compact / split / retrieve を検討する

Principle details: [references/design-principles.md](references/design-principles.md)

## Pattern Selection

- - **Prompt Chaining**: 順序のある段階処理

- - **Routing**: 入力タイプで分岐する処理

- - **Parallelization**: 独立タスクを並列で進める処理

- - **Orchestrator-Workers**: 動的に subtasks を分解する処理

- - **Evaluator-Optimizer**: 品質基準を満たすまで反復する処理

- Every loop needs explicit stop conditions.

- Pattern details: [references/workflow-patterns/overview.md](references/workflow-patterns/overview.md)

+ Name the pattern explicitly when complexity rises, using the selector in [references/workflow-patterns/overview.md](references/workflow-patterns/overview.md). Every loop needs explicit stop conditions.

## Design Workflow

- 1. **Extract from conversation**

- Repeated behavior, tool preferences, workflow shape, and obvious specialization を先に拾う。

- 2. **Choose primitive + scope**

- Prompt / instruction / skill / agent / hook と workspace / profile を決める。

- 3. **Clarify only the gaps**

- 挙動を変える曖昧さだけ聞く。

- 4. **Check escalation**

- agent や multi-agent が本当に必要か確認する。

- 5. **Choose pattern**

- complexity が上がるなら pattern を明示して設計する。

- 6. **Review before expanding**

- split / compact / reference 化で済まないかを見る。

- 7. **Implement and iterate**

- 最初から完成形を狙わず、弱い箇所を見つけて詰める。

+ 1. Extract repeated behavior, tool preferences, and workflow shape from the conversation.

+ 2. Choose primitive + scope (workspace / profile); ask only about ambiguities that change behavior.

+ 3. Escalate only when split / compact / reference-ization cannot solve it, then pick a pattern.

+ 4. Implement the smallest version and tighten the weakest parts.

## Rule Placement

- 汎用的な workflow 設計原則は、この SKILL と `references/` を SSOT にする。

- repo local の `.instructions.md` には workspace 固有の差分だけを残す。差分が無い generic instruction は merge back して削除候補にする。

- IR は原則 in-memory で扱う。validator、script、deterministic handoff が必要な場合だけ中間 file を materialize し、不要になったら片付ける。

- scheduler / service / config など決定論的な state mutation は、AI/UI loop ではなく direct script / API で現状確認 -> 最小変更 -> live read-back まで行う。LLM は scope と整合対象の判断に限定する。

- - For model allocation, trace actual producer/reviewer responsibilities, verify live availability and applicable pricing, and show current-to-proposed assignments with quality/cost tradeoffs before mutation; use [scheduled runtime bindings](references/scheduled-runtime-bindings.md). Try the cheapest capable model first when a human can check the result quickly; after a stronger model completes a task once, capture its steps and checks as a prompt or skill, route repeats to the cheaper model, and fall back when the steps fail.

+ - For model allocation reviews, use [scheduled runtime bindings](references/scheduled-runtime-bindings.md#model-allocation-reviews).

## Escalation Rules

- - **L0**: Single Prompt

- - **L1**: Prompt + Instructions

- - **L2**: Single Agent

- - **L3**: Multi-Agent

- Prefer the lowest level that solves the problem cleanly.

- Quick signals:

+ Prefer the lowest level (L0 prompt → L1 + instructions → L2 single agent → L3 multi-agent) that solves the problem cleanly. Quick signals to split:

- Prompt > 50 lines

- Steps > 5

- "missed" / "overlooked" errorsが続く

- Multiple responsibilities in one agent

- Context > 70%

Threshold details: [references/splitting-criteria.md](references/splitting-criteria.md)

- ## Entry Boundary Smells

- ### Instruction Elevation Smell

- always-loaded entry において、強い命令語が直下の catalog、reference list、workflow map、rule inventory を会話の優先レイヤーへ昇格させる状態。

- ### Always-Loaded Entry Budget

- always-loaded entry は会話境界と最小 guardrail のみを持つ。catalog、詳細手順、広い参照一覧は docs、README、task-specific assets へ退避する。

- ### Runtime Boundary Rule

- Review assets improve design quality and detect structural problems. Default conversational behavior is controlled by always-loaded entries.

- ### Casual Input Safety Check

- Lightweight inputs such as greetings, short Q&A, and numeric-only replies should not be force-routed into task intake unless the task context is explicit.

## Review Gates

- [ ] Primitive choice is simpler than agent if possible

- - [ ] Placement is appropriate and always-loaded entry files stay thin

+ - [ ] Placement is appropriate and always-loaded entry files stay thin (entry boundary smells: [review-checklist.md](references/review-checklist.md#always-loaded-entry-smells))

- [ ] New additions are proposed only after delete / merge / split / move options are checked

- [ ] Single responsibility per agent is preserved

- [ ] Errors can be detected and stopped early

- [ ] Verify actual producer-to-consumer dataflow, not only fixtures injected into a validator; cover empty results and meaningful state transitions. Repeating unchanged input proves idempotency, not the full lifecycle.

- [ ] Deterministic parts are offloaded to scripts / IR / hooks, and state changes are confirmed by reading authoritative live state back (not LLM/UI loops)

Full checklist: [references/review-checklist.md](references/review-checklist.md)

## Reference Map

Core references: [primitive decision](references/customization-decision.md), [design principles](references/design-principles.md), [workflow patterns](references/workflow-patterns/overview.md), [splitting criteria](references/splitting-criteria.md), [review checklist](references/review-checklist.md), and [context management](references/context-engineering.md).

For scheduled workflows, use [scheduled runtime bindings](references/scheduled-runtime-bindings.md). For delegated evidence and append-only current-state extraction, see [orchestrator-workers](references/workflow-patterns/4-orchestrator-workers.md) and [IR architecture](references/workflow-patterns/ir-architecture.md).

- ## agent Quick Fix

- When an orchestrator promises delegation but works directly, make the delegation requirement explicit and verifiable. See [agent-guide.md](references/agent-guide.md).

- ## Tools Reference

- Use [references/agent-template.md](references/agent-template.md) for tool mapping and stable agent scaffold details.

+ When an orchestrator promises delegation but works directly, make the delegation requirement explicit and verifiable ([agent-guide.md](references/agent-guide.md)). Tool mapping and agent scaffold: [agent-template.md](references/agent-template.md).

## Done Criteria

- [ ] Primitive and scope selected intentionally

- [ ] Workflow pattern selected and confirmed with user

- [ ] New or updated assets have clear Role/Workflow/Done Criteria where applicable

- - [ ] Design principles checklist passed

+ - [ ] Review Gates passed

- [ ] Recommendations are classified as delete / merge / split / move / add / keep where applicable

- [ ] Always-on instruction boundaries and DRY / SSOT risks are explicitly reviewed when `copilot-instructions.md` or `AGENTS.md` are in scope

- [ ] New agent / workflow assets are registered in the appropriate catalog or docs when needed

- [ ] `AGENTS.md` is updated only when shared guardrails or entry behavior need to change

- [ ] Long-running or ad-hoc terminals/tasks started during the workflow are closed, or remaining terminals are explicitly reported with a reason

- [ ] Distinguish configuration saved, code tested, live read verified, action authorized, and recurring cycle completed. Verify authoritative state before claiming completion or unattended readiness; pending safeguards and unobserved cycles retain their blockers and next check conditions.