Template

Multi-Agent Handoff

Show ownership transfer between agents with payload, status, and next action.

Handoff PacketRun TraceAgent Status Table

Use

Workflow Guidance

Use when work moves from one specialist agent to another or parallel agents converge.

Human Control

Users can see sender, receiver, carried context, omitted context, and current owner.

What Can Fail

The receiving agent lacks context, duplicates work, or users cannot tell who owns the task.

Recovery Behavior

Keep the handoff packet inspectable and require acceptance before downstream work starts.

State Matrix

A template is only useful when it shows normal, blocked, and recovery states.

State Coverage

Use the matrix as the minimum implementation contract for this workflow.

Prepared

User sees

Sender, receiver, payload, and omitted context.

System does

Bundles context into a handoff packet.

Accepted

User sees

New owner and current task.

System does

Transfers execution state.

Rejected

User sees

Reason and missing context.

System does

Returns work to the sender or asks for input.

State	User Sees	System Does
Prepared	Sender, receiver, payload, and omitted context.	Bundles context into a handoff packet.
Accepted	New owner and current task.	Transfers execution state.
Rejected	Reason and missing context.	Returns work to the sender or asks for input.

Implementation

Templates are guidance; registry items stay smaller so teams can compose them into their own product surface.

Handoff Packet

An ownership-transfer surface for multi-agent workflows with sender, receiver, payload, source basis, receiver action, and recovery path.

Run Trace

A dense operational trace for background runs with source touches, status, warnings, timing metadata, and expandable recovery detail.

Agent Status Table

A rich operational table for multiple agents with status, active task, progress, confidence, cost, and last activity.

Element	Spec
Handoff Packet	An ownership-transfer surface for multi-agent workflows with sender, receiver, payload, source basis, receiver action, and recovery path.
Run Trace	A dense operational trace for background runs with source touches, status, warnings, timing metadata, and expandable recovery detail.
Agent Status Table	A rich operational table for multiple agents with status, active task, progress, confidence, cost, and last activity.

Build Rules

ApprovalRisky external actions use a Decision Surface before execution.
ProvenanceSources, memory, cost, and owner metadata stay visible at the decision point.
RecoveryBlocked states expose the next input needed instead of showing indefinite activity.